Al-Qaeda goes to college
Subtitle: impact of the war on terror on American higher education
By: James Castagnera.
Publisher: Praeger Publishers; Praeger
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780313364280
Subjects: Education, Higher -- Political aspects -- United States; War on Terrorism, 2001-; Domestic terrorism -- United States; Academic freedom -- United States
Description: This volume is the first book-length treatment of how the 9/11 attacks and the American political scene afterward have affected higher education in this country. It covers topics such as: universities' roles in training counter-terrorism experts, particularly anthropologists working in Iraq and Afghanistan; bio-terrorism research on campuses; inflammatory critiques by the likes of Ward Churchill; the conspiracy theories advocated by some academics regarding 9/11; lawsuits against universities by terror victims trying to get settlements from countries like Iran by seizing archaeological artifacts in American universities; accused Islamists teaching at American colleges, like Sami al-Arian at USF.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The enemy within?: Al Qaeda's academic sympathizers; title: Domestic terrorists (I): the crazies; title: Domestic terrorists (II): the animal advocates; title: With friends like these: government regulation of academia; title: Raiders of the lost relics; title: Counter-terrorism is big business on college campuses; title: The Saudi Arabian windfall; title: Anthropologists go to war; title: Conclusion: summing up: far more wins than losses for our industry.