A very interesting take from Fareed. This is one of the few on journalists on CNN I like.
“We have to honestly and aggressively attack the universities in this country. The professors are the enemy.” -VanceA very interesting take from Fareed. This is one of the few on journalists on CNN I like.
Universities are in need of reform. As shooter posted about a semester of anthropology study abroad. No. We don’t need to fund that. Fund it out of your own pocket. Let’s take a scalpel to these professors and universities and cut out what is pure bullshit. And trust me it’s prevalent. Professors just creating work for themselves to justify their jobs. Great. But not with taxpayers dollars.A very interesting take from Fareed. This is one of the few on journalists on CNN I like.
Watch the clip Eppy posted.Universities are in need of reform. As shooter posted about a semester of anthropology study abroad. No. We don’t need to fund that. Fund it out of your own pocket. Let’s take a scalpel to these professors and universities and cut out what is pure bullshit. And trust me it’s prevalent. Professors just creating work for themselves to justify their jobs. Great. But not with taxpayers dollars.
The attack on indoctrination and woke was a product of the protests and the window into our finest universities being led by people who can’t even talk.
Universities are yet another area worthy of reform. Love seeing it
Look I think there’s a common sense approach to this topic. I’m definitely not disagreeing there’s some areas that shouldn’t be funded by tax dollars. In fact it pisses me off that some these most well known schools have such enormous endowments and the money just sits there. I did learn over the weekend though from a financial advisor that you can only use 5% of an endowment per year. I’m a little out of my lane here as maybe there’s a good reason for that, but for universities to fund more of these projects the rules probably need to change. The other issue as has been discussed are the most important research projects losing funding while this attack on schools is taking place. Important research on cancer and other diseases will not be funded in this current environment. Doctors salaries will not be covered and the labatories that cost more than the salaries can’t be built. So what is the fix? We can’t continue to lead the world in research if it won’t be funded.Universities are in need of reform. As shooter posted about a semester of anthropology study abroad. No. We don’t need to fund that. Fund it out of your own pocket. Let’s take a scalpel to these professors and universities and cut out what is pure bullshit. And trust me it’s prevalent. Professors just creating work for themselves to justify their jobs. Great. But not with taxpayers dollars.
The attack on indoctrination and woke was a product of the protests and the window into our finest universities being led by people who can’t even talk.
Universities are yet another area worthy of reform. Love seeing it
Look I think there’s a common sense approach to this topic. I’m definitely not disagreeing there’s some areas that shouldn’t be funded by tax dollars. In fact it pisses me off that some these most well known schools have such enormous endowments and the money just sits there. I did learn over the weekend though from a financial advisor that you can only use 5% of an endowment per year. I’m a little out of my lane here as maybe there’s a good reason for that, but for universities to fund more of these projects the rules probably need to change. The other issue as has been discussed are the most important research projects losing funding while this attack on schools is taking place. Important research on cancer and other diseases will not be funded in this current environment. Doctors salaries will not be covered and the labatories that cost more than the salaries can’t be built. So what is the fix? We can’t continue to lead the world in research if it won’t be funded.
There are also important First Amendment issues here, as Zakaria noted.Look I think there’s a common sense approach to this topic. I’m definitely not disagreeing there’s some areas that shouldn’t be funded by tax dollars. In fact it pisses me off that some these most well known schools have such enormous endowments and the money just sits there. I did learn over the weekend though from a financial advisor that you can only use 5% of an endowment per year. I’m a little out of my lane here as maybe there’s a good reason for that, but for universities to fund more of these projects the rules probably need to change. The other issue as has been discussed are the most important research projects losing funding while this attack on schools is taking place. Important research on cancer and other diseases will not be funded in this current environment. Doctors salaries will not be covered and the labatories that cost more than the salaries can’t be built. So what is the fix? We can’t continue to lead the world in research if it won’t be funded.
I did. All of it. Some I addressed in response to eppy. Adding more voices to drown out left indoctrination is impractical. It’s like saying why don’t more loggers want to work at a gay bar.Watch the clip Eppy posted.
Remember much of this boils down to who pays for it. I spend considerable time working with three universities. One owns a percentage of my main product. Every time we test even with them we pay a retainer, have a contract, and pay the hourly of students involved. Happy to do it. I love these university private partnerships. What I’m for reviewing is again bullshit soft research that is funded through fed grants that are nothing more than made up work so professors can have jobsLook I think there’s a common sense approach to this topic. I’m definitely not disagreeing there’s some areas that shouldn’t be funded by tax dollars. In fact it pisses me off that some these most well known schools have such enormous endowments and the money just sits there. I did learn over the weekend though from a financial advisor that you can only use 5% of an endowment per year. I’m a little out of my lane here as maybe there’s a good reason for that, but for universities to fund more of these projects the rules probably need to change. The other issue as has been discussed are the most important research projects losing funding while this attack on schools is taking place. Important research on cancer and other diseases will not be funded in this current environment. Doctors salaries will not be covered and the labatories that cost more than the salaries can’t be built. So what is the fix? We can’t continue to lead the world in research if it won’t be funded.
I think a more apt analogy is the baby/bathwater one.I did. All of it. Some I addressed in response to eppy. Adding more voices to drown out left indoctrination is impractical. It’s like saying why don’t more loggers want to work at a gay bar.
Obviously an area in need of funding. But they too can become leaner and meaner. Have you ever been to duke? Maybe we don’t need cherry blossom season. I think how we imagine schools should be reimagined. No difft than govI think a more apt analogy is the baby/bathwater one.
Trump/Musk are doing great harm.
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Universities are facing big cuts to research funding. At Duke, it's a time for 'damage control'
Facing the potential loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding, Duke University is preparing for the worst.apnews.com
This is not actually true. Trustees set policies around investments and spending for endowments. Normally, an endowed fund is capped at 4-5% spending so the endowment can grow over time, but a board of trustees can approve higher spending.I did learn over the weekend though from a financial advisor that you can only use 5% of an endowment per year.
I did. All of it. Some I addressed in response to eppy. Adding more voices to drown out left indoctrination is impractical. It’s like saying why don’t more loggers want to work at a gay bar.
Or we pare down funding to what’s essential and eliminate the bs jobs program for shit taxpayers shouldn’t fund and have these profs and perpetual phd post doc students find alt funding or alt careersWait, so we fire all of the graduate students tomorrow, kill all of the lab mice, shut down the labs, but then expect to just start up again in a month... once we convince a teenager that research into ALS drugs isn't really "woke" and that the transgenic mice bred to develop human-like ALS symptoms are not really "transgender mice"?
These universities will need to prioritize. Sounds like some of them are on the right track cancelling all-inclusive, anthropology trips.Or we pare down funding to what’s essential and eliminate the bs jobs program for shit taxpayers shouldn’t fund and have these profs and perpetual phd post doc students find alt funding or alt careers
Yep, you give them money and they'll find something to spend it on even if it's the sex life of a fly.Or we pare down funding to what’s essential and eliminate the bs jobs program for shit taxpayers shouldn’t fund and have these profs and perpetual phd post doc students find alt funding or alt careers
Yeah all those posh all-inclusive resorts in villages in Nepal. Study abroad programs are cancelled for students not taking even one penny of Federal funding, since a small number of other students are indeed low income and were slated to receive partial assistance, such as a travel reimbursement. But you cancel it for some and you cancel it for all.... some of them are on the right track cancelling all-inclusive, anthropology trips.
Pay for it themselves or don’t go. Too bad.Yeah all those posh all-inclusive resorts in villages in Nepal. Study abroad programs are cancelled for students not taking even one penny of Federal funding, since a small number of other students are indeed low income and were slated to receive partial assistance, such as a travel reimbursement. But you cancel it for some and you cancel it for all.
What is this a kindergarten classroom? Don’t bring a snack unless you can share with everybody?But you cancel it for some and you cancel it for all.
It’s soft science bullshit. Dumb. Waste.What is this a kindergarten classroom? Don’t bring a snack unless you can share with everybody?
Getting a grant for study abroad was unheard of when I was in B-School.
Universities are in need of reform. As shooter posted about a semester of anthropology study abroad. No. We don’t need to fund that. Fund it out of your own pocket. Let’s take a scalpel to these professors and universities and cut out what is pure bullshit. And trust me it’s prevalent. Professors just creating work for themselves to justify their jobs. Great. But not with taxpayers dollars.
The attack on indoctrination and woke was a product of the protests and the window into our finest universities being led by people who can’t even talk.
Universities are yet another area worthy of reform. Love seeing it.
Yep.MM66. Is the following an accurate summary of the winning Pub playbook?
The Dems have a slight majority of college graduates most of whom have been brainwashed by woke professors (elitist ivory tower liberals whose power and influence require reform).
Meanwhile the Pubs have. a majority of the Americans with common sense. Furthermore, their leaders are often self made billionaire genius businessmen. Free enterprise employers living in the real world.
This is not actually true. Trustees set policies around investments and spending for endowments. Normally, an endowed fund is capped at 4-5% spending so the endowment can grow over time, but a board of trustees can approve higher spending.
Did you watch the Fareed video? Precisely his point.If universities are teaching bullshit and indoctrinating students with nonsense, of course we should all want to address that issue. However, "teaching bullshit and indoctrinating with nonsense" could easily be rephrased as "teaching thinks I disagree with." And while it's still okay for us as individuals to be opposed to people teaching things we disagree with, it's not okay for the government to do it. Using loaded language like "indoctrination" is just a way to cover up the bare fact of promotion of violation of basic First Amendment liberties.
5% minimum expenditure in grants AND operating expenses.Pretty sure the 5% rule is a minimum.
The Fulbright Scholarship Program was founded by United States Senator J. William Fulbright in 1946a grant for study abroad was unheard of when I was in B-School.
5% minimum expenditure in grants AND operating expenses.
Thank you all for explaining this. I may have misunderstood what I had heard. I agree we need to see these endowments spend more.Correct, so long as the operating expenses meet the eligibility requirements. However, it should come as no surprise that what is and isn't eligible is a fairly common point of contention between NPs and the IRS.
I just pointed out that the 5% rule was a minimum -- because a couple of posters here seemed to suggest it was some kind of cap. No, the government wants them distributing funds rather than just continuing to sit on them....use it or lose it.
There is some leeway to carry it over. It's not rigid on a year-by-year basis.
Probably just not enough gay bars in places with a large logging population.It’s like saying why don’t more loggers want to work at a gay bar.