Who needs peer review? Plan offers easier grants to schools that agree to limits.
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Trump offers universities a choice: Comply for preferential funding
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Emigrating for school is a thing in many countries. Two years ago I didn't think it was gonna be a thing in the US.
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The ear rending screams that will come about from the GOP as soon as a liberal president enforces these very same guidelines on traditionally conservative colleges.
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I can't imagine it because SCOTUS would stop the progressive version from being implemented.
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Depending on your perspective, that's either laughably lacking in foresight or . . . very, very scary.
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Financially, this is being discussed as a significant credit event because many colleges essentially used foreign students paying full tuition to offset lower revenue from domestic students. We are going to see a massive wave of M&A consolidation with the big winner being huge state schools and losses accruing downstream from smaller institutions. This can be a good thing, but will reduce diversity of thought and increase economies of scale.
The big get bigger, just like the banks.
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I heard the president of MIT, Sally Kornbluth, talk about this last May. She thought that a third (!) of MIT's funding could be cut. They have already increased the tax on their endowment income by 5X, from about 1.5% to 8%. They are also cutting the "indirect cost", the margin paid for indirect research expenses, from a median of 56% to 15%. And they're cutting international students and faculty. So no, this is not a deal - it's an attempt to destroy US academia. They know the only way they can rule is through ruin.
This was part a session talking about the research that was happening at MIT w.r.t. health. Professors presented their work on finding a new TB vaccine, on prosthetics, on health care funding, and on the detection of ovarian cancer. At the very end the moderator asked “What’s the one missing piece that would aid your research?” One said flexible funding to pursue strategy changes and another thought there should be more focus on therapeutics across a diverse community instead of research. Yet the last to speak, Prof Bryan Bryson, said:
This was part a session talking about the research that was happening at MIT w.r.t. health. Professors presented their work on finding a new TB vaccine, on prosthetics, on health care funding, and on the detection of ovarian cancer. At the very end the moderator asked “What’s the one missing piece that would aid your research?” One said flexible funding to pursue strategy changes and another thought there should be more focus on therapeutics across a diverse community instead of research. Yet the last to speak, Prof Bryan Bryson, said:
That's what Trump is destroying.
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Could have told you UT would bend the knee before they even said anything. Terrible administration.
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At this point, American students would be better off going abroad or not at all.
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This sounds like it was written by a mob lawyer (and not a particularly good one).
Have they thought for a moment that the reason that conservative ideology is not blooming in universities is because it's antiquated, out-of-touch, and generally anachronistic with the times we are living in?
Have they thought for a moment that the reason that conservative ideology is not blooming in universities is because it's antiquated, out-of-touch, and generally anachronistic with the times we are living in?
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Par for the course, it would be shocking otherwise.
So conservatives want more conservative diversity, more conservative inclusion, and more equitable treatment of conservatives... Hey two people that down vote everything that isn't pro-trump, explain why this dei is ok please
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I think your statement needs a lot more "past tense" as many of these conservative institutions have dropped all DEI policies in hiring and admissions to comply more closely with the emperor.
Like in TX, as a result of state law
https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-directs-state-agencies-to-ban-dei-policies
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RickRoyLeonPrisZhoraRacha
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This guy needs to be sued by every college graduate, undergrad, post-doc, faculty, staff and trustee. He is grifting and vindictive. He is not well, and clearly targeting universities with prejudice.
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You can do whatever I say, all it will cost you is your immortal soul- Satan
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This administration is full of college-educated losers like Vance and Miller who experienced actual "viewpoint diversity" for the first time as students and couldn't handle it.
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Its not just Trump. Its his whole administration and then some. Dont forget Miller, Vought, Noem, Bondi, McMahon, Patel, Barrett, Kavanaugh, all the other cronies that are or have been or will be installed. The list goes on.
As for the damage, this is generational damage. Assuming we can get past all the red state gerrymandering, every presidency after needs to have similar visions that are NOT Trump and Christian nationalism visions. And this is also assuming Trump isnt in office in 2028. And also assuming that if there is a normal president in 2028, the Supreme Court wont over rule their current rulings that give the president so much power to fire all the rats currently installed. And the final biggest assumption is if we even will have anything left cause we're not even one year into this administration.
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Sports scholarships, or expecting scholarships because of sporting ability, has been one of the very many problems with the American academic system that has led (in its own small way) to the current situation you are all facing over there.
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Your daughter was second or third highest scorer, but received nothing over four years, while all them furriners got full rides. No Colorado women's swimming has made TOP-50 in the last decade, nor any of their individuals. They're not scouting worldwide. They're not giving swimmers full rides. Those furriners paid full international tuition, or were funded for other reasons.
I get that putting kids through college stings, but why the implausible aggrievement? You have five cars. Three Tesla Model Ys (one recently purchased). University of Colorado and Colorado State in-state tuition are still only $14K/year.
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Do they not understand how these things contract each other? "Objective criteria", but maintain viewpoint diversity. How are they supposed to do this? What objective criteria will allow me to do this? I know, it's not affirmative action if it benefits them, but . . .
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""Institutions of higher education are free to develop models and values other than those below, if the institution elects to forego federal benefits...."
Speaking of academic excellence, perhaps the writer(s) of the document might learn the difference between "forego" and "forgo."
And here's a link to thedocument coercion if anyone wants to read it.
Speaking of academic excellence, perhaps the writer(s) of the document might learn the difference between "forego" and "forgo."
And here's a link to the
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As I've said on an informal discord with Ars Veterans, education abroad can be shockingly cheaper too. (In state + financial aid = 15k/year tuition is more expensive than good European universities price tag for non-EU students. And don't look up French public university prices, you'll think it's a scam)
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while the pendulum does swing left from the far-right, it doesn't swing to "the left", and it stops somewhere around center/center-right. The democrats may have some progressive social policies, but their leadership is still die-hard capitalists looking to enrich their corporate sponsors.
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RickRoyLeonPrisZhoraRacha
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There are LOTS of meetings going on. Some closed door, devices off. Already heard whispers of cuts, layoffs, no raises, no new hires. Post-docs that can't go home (Russia or there about) or how draconian VISA forms are (turn off face time, give passcode to agent at airports). Faculty that would normally give a lecture, are now option to over-zoom (but denied stipend for costs).
While I'm not too worried of my career being in jeopardy, I am concerned for new hires, new PhDs, incoming foreign students (if at all) and the domino effect of it all. Y'all see that video of the Nazi harassing a psych class on a campus? Are there going to be no more open campuses? Will all have to show ID and proxx in to every building? Walls going up to protect the students INSIDE?
Fire this guy now. Fire his adminstration and then hold them to rule of law. Put them in prison. Remove all benefits. Strip the internet of their names. Sell off the golf courses as lots for homeless homes. If you don't fire trump and the 2025 criminals, it will be Nazi Germany all over again. This is how they work. Fear. Intimidation. Greed. Think about your daughters! Think about your grand daughters! These GOPedos will rape them for "The Future!".
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So now what was normal for ages is called a "benefit."John Timmer said:
Quite the spin.
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It also brings to mind the culture war in Japan at the moment, where some restaurants now have tip jars.
Oona McGee said:
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MilanKraft
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Except that in all probability, given the rapid dismantling of everything that road-blocks these assholes from turning govt into their own personal playground, most likely, due to pending voter mechanism fuckery, your next president will be:
Donald Trump (he remained in relatively good health)
JD Vance (Trump did not remain in relatively good health)
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Two decades in, it's scary how our 21st century is mimicking the 20th: worldwide flu... followed by a rise in fascism!
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My sister went to McGill University back in the day, I don't remember exactly what the cost was, but apparently it was a fraction of what most US schools were charging, especially given McGill's reputation at the time (IIRC they were "the Harvard of Canada" at the time, not sure if they're still as prestigious nowadays).
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I honestly don't understand how they can even legally make these demands. Setting aside the whole "we're doing fascism so you must do what we say" rationale, on what legal basis can the Gov't make these demands? Is this all being done through changes to the grant award process? Can Universities sue for funding, saying these demands are not legally requirable through the current process? Is this just an executive order?
Again please don't respond to my post with "there doing fascism so they're gonna do whatever they want." Yes, I know this, what I am curious about is what legal/bureaucratic framework they are attempting to enforce this through.
Again please don't respond to my post with "there doing fascism so they're gonna do whatever they want." Yes, I know this, what I am curious about is what legal/bureaucratic framework they are attempting to enforce this through.
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We have female football teams here in Europe. But that has nothing to do with universities, it's sports clubs.
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Equality is oppression to these people. They can't conceive of being in the minority on anything, and any attempts to level the playing field a bit (DEI, etc.) is seen as oppression and unfair, but doing things to make sure they maintain their status quo on top isn't seen the same way.
There's plenty of conservative viewpoints at universities because universities are filled with people with a ton of money (well their families have a ton of money) and, being as generous as possible to their morality, the "lower taxes" party can be appealing to generational wealth.
There's plenty of conservative viewpoints at universities because universities are filled with people with a ton of money (well their families have a ton of money) and, being as generous as possible to their morality, the "lower taxes" party can be appealing to generational wealth.
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