Author discusses his new book, 'Bankers in the Ivory Tower'

Image:  Charlie Eaton’s new book, Bankers in the Ivory Tower (University of Chicago Press), is much more than a survey of the role of financiers in higher education. It is a critique, as his subtitle makes clear: “The troubling rise of financiers in U.S. higher education.” Emphasis on troubling. Eaton sees financiers damaging higher education in every sector: from elite private research universities to for-profit colleges. Eaton, assistant professor of sociology at the University of...