On the material history of the university

References and suggested readings:

• William Whyte. 2026. The University: A History in Stone, Silk, and Blood. Harvard University Press.
• William Whyte’s faculty page, Twitter, and LinkedIn

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References and suggested readings:

• Marshall Steinbaum and David Austin Walsh. 2026. How America’s Public Universities Stopped Being Public. Hedgehog Review.
• Robert A. Nesbit. 1996. The Degradation of the Academic Dogma. Routledge.
• Zachary Bleemer and Aashish Mehta. December 2024. College Major Restrictions and Student Stratification. National Bureau of Economic Research.
• Maya Rosen. October 11, 2026. Degrees of Separation. Jewish Currents.
• Anna Perez. 2023. Understanding Zionism: History and Perspectives. Fortress Press.
• F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night.
• Theodore Dreiser. Jennie Gerhardt.
• Molly Crabapple. 2026. Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund. One World.
• Mark Weitzman, Robert J Williams, James Wald, eds. 2025. The Routledge History of Antisemitism. Routledge.
• Marshall Steinbaum on Twitter @econ_Marshall and his website, marshallsteinbaum.org
• David Austin Walsh’s email daw6a@virginia.edu

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References and suggested readings:

• Karen Weaver. 2026. Understanding College Athletics: What Campus Leaders Need to Know About College Sports. Johns Hopkins University Press.
• Karen Weaver. 2025. Sport Finance: Where the Money Comes From and Where the Money Goes, 2nd ed. Kendall Hunt.
• W Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne. 2026. The Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant. Harvard Business Review Press.
• Trustees and Presidents Managing Intercollegiate Athletics podcast on YouTube
• Karen Weaver’s website, Instagram, Bluesky, LinkedIn

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