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    Politics UNC to cut 70 mill

    That will be where they start, probably.
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    Politics UNC to cut 70 mill

    Africa and African American studies also.
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    Politics UNC to cut 70 mill

    Exactly.
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    Politics UNC to cut 70 mill

    Anytime reviews of low enrollment academic programs are mentioned, my Spidey sense goes off. IMO, this means Roberts and other conservative leaders have their eyes on certain humanities and social science programs that are associated with "diversity." Other points in the letter are also quite...
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    Off-Topic Happy Gilmore 2

    Wow. I think that movie is brilliant.
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    Politics CURRENT EVENTS May 22 - July 5

    Thank goodness they are fighting antisemitism by (checks notes) appointing people with ties to holocaust deniers.
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    Politics War on Universities, Lawyers & Expertise

    SACS has always tried to protect academic freedom and faculty being in control of the curriculum. I doubt either of those things will be priorities for this new accreditation body.
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    Politics War on Universities, Lawyers & Expertise

    With people like DeSantis in favor of this move, it will be a horrible decision for academia. To argue that SACS is woke or ideological is, of course, absurd. Yet those buzzwords work.
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    Politics War on Universities, Lawyers & Expertise

    So now, the Trump administration is just going to pressure universities to remove their presidents. This is happening at the University of Virginia. Scary times. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/us/politics/university-of-virginia-president-trump.html
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    Politics RFK Jr, HHs & Public Health News | Measles outbreak, etc.

    RFK Jr. accusing people of ignoring the science is the perfect encapsulation of the current time in our country. You accuse groups who actually do follow science of not doing their research because they ignore the crackpot research you support. Life through the looking glass.
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    Politics War on Universities, Lawyers & Expertise

    Thanks for the replies. I do get the populist slant of bashing the “elites.” I guess the spectacularly cynical nature of it is, well, not shocking or surprising, so obvious. Yet, once again, as we’ve seen countless times, it works. Trump loves to tout how he went Wharton, an elite business...
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    Politics War on Universities, Lawyers & Expertise

    Clearly, to me, Trump hates these institutions because, in a broad and general sense, their leaders don’t like him. But what is the motivation for other Pubs? Punish the Harvards to do what? I get that they want to create an educational system that raises young MAGA believers, but sanctioning...
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    Politics CURRENT EVENTS May 22 - July 5

    Another thing: I guess Vance is especially concerned about places like Liberty University given the one sided voting of people who work there.
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