As universities ready themselves for rough times ahead, I've heard some professors say that the case can be made for *their* departments and not others, bloat, DEI, etc. These professors are delusional. They're aiming for the whole thing. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o... - ThreadSky

dhsu.bsky.social • 1 day ago

As universities ready themselves for rough times ahead, I've heard some professors say that the case can be made for *their* departments and not others, bloat, DEI, etc. These professors are delusional. They're aiming for the whole thing. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/opinion/trump-college-academia-woke.html

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olisferatu.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yes, it's about occultism.

dhsu.bsky.social•1 day ago

For example, look at the universities with endowments > $1B, one possible target. That includes Harvard, Columbia, and:

Alabama
Arizona, ASU
Clemson
UFlorida, FSU
Georgia Tech
LSU
Oklahoma
Ohio State U
Purdue
UTex, A&M, Tech

(a lot of college football there)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_the_United_States_by_endowment

dhsu.bsky.social•1 day ago

Don't look to any other agency to stop this, it is a core aim of the Trump administration as they follow the Viktor Orban playbook to target other sources of truth, trust, & therefore resistance to authoritarianism, like their efforts against a free press.

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/02/nih-indirect-cost-memo-hhs/681736/

dhsu.bsky.social•1 day ago

As we are seeing in the federal government, there is no logic or "government efficiency". It is "just" destroying the role and capacity of the federal government in science, research, and health. All things that contribute directly to America's wealth, competitiveness, health, and environment.

dhsu.bsky.social•1 day ago

Here's what the NIH overhead rate cuts could mean in New England: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/12/business/nih-funding-new-england-harvard-mgh-brigham-womens/?p1=BGSearch_Overlay_Results

dhsu.bsky.social•1 day ago

The impact of NIH rate cuts nationally: https://www.science.org/content/article/nih-slashes-overhead-payments-research-sparking-outrage

dhsu.bsky.social•1 day ago

I could go on endlessly in my anger at these senseless and stupid efforts, but somehow this bumper sticker thought I remember seeing as a kid is stuck in my mind.

"Think education is expensive? Try ignorance".

drgeophysics.bsky.social•1 day ago

Delusional professors and delusional administrators. The normal academic circus nonsense.

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