Al-Qaeda Goes to College: Impact of the War on Terror on American Higher Education

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.

• | Author: James Castagnera
• | Publisher: Praeger
• | Publication Date: Apr 01, 2009
• | Number of Pages: 216 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 0313364281
• | ISBN-13: 9780313364280