"Who Killed Higher Education? is the book that I wished I had as a graduate student. This one text helps clarify the obfuscation of elite white men who shaped and undermined the higher education system for all but those from their ilk. Chun and Feagin have accomplished this goal immensely and unapologetically. This book will be required reading in at least two of my classes."
William A. Smith, Professor and Department Chair of Education, Culture, and Society; Professor of Ethnic Studies, The University of Utah
"With Who Killed Higher Education?, Chun and Feagin present a bold, insightful examination into how state and federal legislation have defunded higher education thereby reinforcing a dangerous 21st-century version of segregation. Theirs is an expertly and deeply researched investigation into the ways in which racial/ethnic and economic diversity in higher education is intentionally undermined by conservative legislators."
Robin R. Means Coleman, PhD, Northwestern University, Vice President & Associate Provost of Diversity and Inclusion
"As colleges became more racially diverse and Republicans controlled more state governments, public funding for higher education declined dramatically and higher education narrowed its focus to neoliberal training. Chun and Feagan convincingly tie the current crisis in higher education to the long history of U.S. systemic racism, from the founding of colleges and universities to the defunding of public universities and the rise of for-profit colleges by racially motivated white legislatures and racially exploitative entrepreneurs."
Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, Professor of Sociology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and author of Relational Inequalities (2019) and Documenting Desegregation (2012)
"Edna Chun and Joe Feagin have written a must-read book, which takes the reader through issues such as state support for funding, segregation, politicking, academic capitalism, democracy, and the impact of the COVID pandemic. Its an absolutely insightful read, especially for higher education academic programs and professionals."
Christine A. Stanley, Regents Professor of Higher Education, Texas A&M University