62% of Americans strongly or somewhat favor maintaining federal funding for scientific and medical research at colleges and universities. apnorc.org/projects/few... - ThreadSky

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matthewfacciani.bsky.social • 24 days ago

62% of Americans strongly or somewhat favor maintaining federal funding for scientific and medical research at colleges and universities.
https://apnorc.org/projects/few-support-punitive-funding-cuts-to-colleges-and-universities/

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thebestwords.bsky.social•24 days ago

Of course! We all get cancer, diabetes, or Alzheimer’s.

matthewfacciani.bsky.social•24 days ago

It would be nice if that number were even higher, and I'm not sure universities have done the best job explaining their value to the broader public.

orangecorduroy.bsky.social•24 days ago

I feel like the right has done an excellent job convincing people that universities basically only do “woke” research now. It’s all gender studies and intersectional sociology according to them.

bananapantz.bsky.social•24 days ago

If this isn’t an 80:20 issue (I haven’t looked at the question specifics) universities are failing.

snmaher.bsky.social•24 days ago

Universities should have started communicating their importance 30 years ago.

matthewfacciani.bsky.social•24 days ago

Absolutely. They could have added "outreach" as part of tenure & promotion many years ago when it was clear these attacks were coming.

hgvancouver.bsky.social•24 days ago

HOW IS THIS ONLY 62%??? WTF is wrong down there??

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