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Here's a scary thought for you. It's about K-12 but the numbers definitely add up. Texas has a poorly overseen state board that produces a list of approved text

Here's a scary thought for you. It's about K-12 but the numbers definitely add up. Texas has a poorly overseen state board that produces a list of approved textbooks from which public districts may choose. It's an elected board of only 15 or so members, and they are elected in the smaller, less voted elections. https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/19095 https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/19095

bsder 7y ago
That's very different. You are talking about people making a decision on textbooks for one of the two largest markets in the entire US. Yeah, that's going to be ripe for abuse. Professors taking bribes at universities overseeing 30 books? Or even 300? Please. You'd have to be a complete moron to risk your professorship over that. Perhaps an untenured lecturer in a big intro class, though, might be persuaded. Most of them are paid terribly poorly, and losing a job but gaining $5,000 in cash might be within the realm of possibility.