American Campus Podcast
a social and political history of US higher ed
American Campus Podcast
The 1980s anti-apartheid movement with David Busch
•
Lauren Lassabe Shepherd
Use Left/Right to seek, Home/End to jump to start or end. Hold shift to jump forward or backward.
On blood money and “the moral costs of an elite education.”
References and suggested readings:
- David S. Busch. 2025. Disciplining Democracy: How the Modern American University Transformed Student Activism. Cornell University Press.
- Ethan Schrum. 2019. The Instrumental University: Education in Service of the National Agenda after World War II. Cornell University Press.
- Julie A. Reuben. 1996. The Making of the Modern University: Intellectual Transformation and the Marginalization of Morality. University of Chicago Press.
- Eleanor Roosevelt. 1940. The Moral Basis of Democracy.
- Harris Wofford. 2023. Embers of the World: Conversations with Scott Buchanan. Legare Street Press.
- David Busch’s website: davidsbusch.com
Browse the American Campus bookshelf
Get in touch! Email Lauren at shephell@iu.edu. You can also anonymously request an episode or give feedback on the show.
Podcasts we love
Check out these other fine podcasts recommended by us, not an algorithm.
Drafting the Past
Kate Carpenter
The American Vandal
Matt Seybold, Center For Mark Twain Studies
Skipped History
Ben Tumin