Oil and gas money shapes research, creates ‘echo chamber’ in higher education

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By Pam Radtke, FloodlightMar 29, 2025, 9:00 am321 ptsTop
Jackson Voss loves his alma mater, Louisiana State University. He appreciates that his undergraduate education was paid for by a program dreamed up by an oil magnate and that he received additional scholarships from ExxonMobil and Shell. But the socially conscious Louisiana native was also aware of what the…

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