University of Nike

Written by NYT investigative reporter, Joshua Hunt, this book is not just about Phil Knight, the co-founder and chair of Nike, and the University of Oregon’s questionable handling of a disturbing sexual assault case involving three basketball players. It’s about how public universities are compromising themselves in exchange for endorsement deals and financial partnerships – and about what happens when universities become shills for their billionaire benefactors.

The book also highlights the consequences of states defunding higher education in the US, which has created the space for corporations to step in and foot the bill.