War on Universities, Lawyers & Expertise

[CRHeel94]

This is a systematic assault on American universities.

 

[JCTarheel82]

This is a systematic assault on American universities.

Right out of the Orban playbook.

 

[gtyellowjacket]

This is a systematic assault on American universities.

Yep. I think someone coming in and turning down the flow of the grant money, especially with regards to administrative overhead, was overdue. But freezing grant payments to enforce political objectives on unrelated free speech is terrible.

 

[CRHeel94]

Add in going after international students which is a big money maker for schools.

At some point I'm expecting some Trump admin official to openly wonder about capping international student slots at American universities. Would fit in nicely with America First.

 

[BlooVooDoo]

Yep. I think someone coming in and turning down the flow of the grant money, especially with regards to administrative overhead, was overdue.

Based on what? Do you have any experience in academic research or administration?

 

[BlooVooDoo]

I feel like we might be close to a comprehensive list of colleges that didn’t admit Barron Trump.

 

[TarSpiel]

This whole "support Palestine = antisemitism" thing is going to drive me to drink

 

[1moretimeagain]

I feel like we might be close to a comprehensive list of colleges that didn’t admit Barron Trump.

In retrospect, schools should’ve been recruiting Barron like 5 star athlete.

 

[farce©]

This whole "support Palestine = antisemitism" thing is going to drive me to drink

Nope. Any empathy for the plight of Palestinians is antisemitic, means you support Hamas, and are likely a terrorist.

 

[ZenMode]

Trump administration cuts $4m to Princeton’s climate research funding​

White House claims university’s work exposed students to ‘climate anxiety’ and ‘exaggerated climate threats’

Trump administration cuts $4m to Princeton’s climate research funding

White House claims university’s work exposed students to ‘climate anxiety’ and ‘exaggerated climate threats’

www.theguardian.com

I'm ok with this. We don't need 20 different entities studying climate change, IMO. I think that money would be better spent building infrastructure, especially for coastal cities, to address the impact of climate change.

 

[BlooVooDoo]

I'm ok with this. We don't need 20 different entities studying climate change, IMO. I think that money would be better spent building infrastructure, especially for coastal cities, to address the impact of climate change.

$4 million for infrastructure to address the impact of climate change?

 

[TangledUpInBlue06]

I'm ok with this. We don't need 20 different entities studying climate change, IMO. I think that money would be better spent building infrastructure, especially for coastal cities, to address the impact of climate change.

The administration that says the climate research "promotes exaggerated and implausible climate threats, contributing to a phenomenon known as ‘climate anxiety,’" is instead going to reallocate that funding to address the impact of climate change?

 

[ZenMode]

$4 million for infrastructure to address the impact of climate change?

Yep. I think a good portion of federal money could be redirected from climate change studying to planning/building infrastructure.

 

[farce©]

He doesn’t try to make sense, y’all. He’s just looking for replies so the conversation spirals down an irrelevant toilet drain. He already knows his posts don’t make sense.

 

[breepf]

Yep. I think a good portion of federal money could be redirected from climate change studying to planning/building infrastructure.

Good thinking. The best way to solve the problem is to stop studying it.

 

[BlooVooDoo]

Yep. I think a good portion of federal money could be redirected from climate change studying to planning/building infrastructure.

How much infrastructure you think $4million is gonna buy?

 

[1moretimeagain]

I'm ok with this. We don't need 20 different entities studying climate change, IMO. I think that money would be better spent building infrastructure, especially for coastal cities, to address the impact of climate change.

$4 million won’t get you much infrastructure, but have a nice time.

 

[gtyellowjacket]

Based on what? Do you have any experience in academic research or administration?

Based on what I've read about the overhead associated with these programs. The biggest thing that stood out to me was private actors in general putting a much smaller limit on the amount of the grant that could go to overhead.

Is your idea that only folks that have experience in academic research or administration get to participate in this topic?

 

[ZenMode]

Good thinking. The best way to solve the problem is to stop studying it.

I didn't say we should stop studying it. I said we don't need the federal government funding 20 different universities to study it.

 

[ZenMode]

How much infrastructure you think $4million is gonna buy?

Not much, which is why we should redirect most of the funding for studying climate change to figuring out how we're going to address the changes, i.e. rising water levels, stronger hurricanes, flooding, etc.

For example, NYC, after the flood, built giant steel doors that can be closed to prevent future flooding of the subway tunnels.