War on Universities, Lawyers & Expertise

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donbosco said:
But where to go is the question?
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If you're a professor in the liberal arts this has to be a rough job market - tenure-track positions are on the decline nationally, many colleges and universities are cutting back on the liberal arts or even abolishing many departments - so these Texas academics are likely going to have a rough time finding another job unless they are already prominent or well-known or well-connected in their fields.
 
Mulberry Heel said:
If you're a professor in the liberal arts this has to be a rough job market - tenure-track positions are on the decline nationally, many colleges and universities are cutting back on the liberal arts or even abolishing many departments - so these Texas academics are likely going to have a rough time finding another job unless they are already prominent or well-known or well-connected in their fields.
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This is what I'm thinking...I'm very glad to be close to retirement. To enter into my field now...well, I wouldn't do it for multiple reasons.
 
Kingpin said:
Top schools around the world are aggressively recruiting US faculty and scientists overseas. Two of my colleagues at my school are going to Europe. Canada has snagged top talent from Yale and elsewhere. A brain drain is underway
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I don't doubt that's absolutely true for professors and researchers in the sciences, but I'd also guess that's less so for those in the humanities and liberal arts. We are indeed losing the cream of the crop of American science and medicine and research, at least for a generation if not longer.
 
Mulberry Heel said:
I don't doubt that's absolutely true for professors and researchers in the sciences, but I'd also guess that's less so for those in the humanities and liberal arts. We are indeed losing the cream of the crop of American science and medicine and research, at least for a generation if not longer.
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You are correct. Sciences are under attack but have options and some bipartisan support. For Humanities, it’s an existential threat. I’m in Biomed science and thankful I’m retiring on my pre-Trump chosen timeline, but I lose sleep nightly worrying about my younger colleagues
 
Kingpin said:
You are correct. Sciences are under attack but have options and some bipartisan support. For Humanities, it’s an existential threat. I’m in Biomed science and thankful I’m retiring on my pre-Trump chosen timeline, but I lose sleep nightly worrying about my younger colleagues
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It has never been easy for these folks , Including a Phd its like 9-10 years in college then several years "hey you might get on tenure track " Lord I hope some still try
 
mpaer said:
It has never been easy for these folks , Including a Phd its like 9-10 years in college then several years "hey you might get on tenure track " Lord I hope some still try
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JFC try running a P&L for business that needs monthly cashflow to make payroll.
 
Mulberry Heel said:
If you're a professor in the liberal arts this has to be a rough job market - tenure-track positions are on the decline nationally, many colleges and universities are cutting back on the liberal arts or even abolishing many departments - so these Texas academics are likely going to have a rough time finding another job unless they are already prominent or well-known or well-connected in their fields.
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If they can do something of value for somebody they’ll be fine
 
mpaer said:
It has never been easy for these folks , Including a Phd its like 9-10 years in college then several years "hey you might get on tenure track " Lord I hope some still try
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It's difficult, especially as the expectation to procure significant external funding to achieve tenure remains.
 
ColdBlueSteel said:
If they can do something of value for somebody they’ll be fine
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In one post you whine about how hard it is to make payroll in a cash flow business and in the next you say that anyone who does something of value will be fine. Are those cash flow businesses simply not doing something of value if they struggle?

As a business owner who certainly has those months when markets shift, I didn't feel that we were being of any less value to people. Maybe you could use a little introspection that it isnt always so cut and dry.
 
wmheel1287 said:
In one post you whine about how hard it is to make payroll in a cash flow business and in the next you say that anyone who does something of value will be fine. Are those cash flow businesses simply not doing something of value if they struggle?

As a business owner who certainly has those months when markets shift, I didn't feel that we were being of any less value to people. Maybe you could use a little introspection that it isnt always so cut and dry.
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Well, his handle IS COLDBlueSteel after all.
 
donbosco said:
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Be interesting to see what the professor said. The school says they terminated them for inciting violence.

Definitely don't support someone getting cashiered because they attended or spoke at a socialism conference. If they said something like it's logical to murder politicians to bring about the socialist revolution, that would merit termination in my mind. If the professor, as a historian, said something like the socialist revolution overturning capitalism is almost always achieved through violence, that's trickier but it's certainly true and I don't see how you could fire somebody for stating a fact like that.
 
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