From 2002 to 2012, over 60 colleges and universities accepted grants from the charitable foundation of BB&T Corporation that required teaching Rand's ideas or works; in some cases, the grants were controversial or even rejected because of the requirement to teach about Rand.
fɹʌm tˈuː θˈaʊzənd tˈuː tə tˈuː θˈaʊzənd twˈɛlv, ˌoʊvɚ sˈɪksti kˈɑːlɪdʒᵻz ænd jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾiz ɐksˈɛptᵻd ɡɹˈænts fɹʌmðə tʃˈæɹɪɾəbəl faʊndˈeɪʃən ʌv bˌiːbˈiː ænd tˈiː kˌɔːɹpɚɹˈeɪʃən ðæt ɹᵻkwˈaɪɚd tˈiːtʃɪŋ ɹˈændz aɪdˈiəz ɔːɹ wˈɜːks; ɪn sˌʌm kˈeɪsᵻz, ðə ɡɹˈænts wɜː kˌɑːntɹəvˈɜːʃəl ɔːɹ ˈiːvən ɹᵻdʒˈɛktᵻd bɪkˈʌz ʌvðə ɹᵻkwˈaɪɚmənt tə tˈiːtʃ ɐbˌaʊt ɹˈænd.