#university funding

[owlservice]

“Most universities will now be losing money on teaching.”

I simply cannot believe it... half of my modules have 300-400 students, the rest ~100. Even if they were all home students (which they aren’t) only paying £9,250/year, the revenues far surpass the cost of teaching, which of course are still video lectures from 2020. 400 * £9,250 is £3,700,000 for one year of one degree. If you are losing money on that revenue, it isn’t the cost of teaching, it’s the salaries of higher managerial staff, constant construction work, and God knows what else. My uni invests in companies that sells weapons to Israel so maybe cut back on that a bit

[radfemforwomensrights]

Why don't we use the slogan "cap the cost" and fight for that? Republicans agree that University costs are too high and that universities are bloated with unnecessary programs, spending, and administration. "Cap the cost" is something that everyone theoretically agrees with. It'd get more people on board than jumping to free. People believe school costs shouldn't be super inflated. Theres just two differences. Republicans believe schools should cap without government supplementing the difference to pay for administration and other cost bloats. And people disagree on where to cap it on the scale of current costs to free.

State schools should be free. Community College should be free.

Student debt should not be public policy.

[Private schools will always have billions in endowments and charge $50,000 per year. ]

[creativemedianews]

Colleges that allow pro-Palestinian protests risk Republican punishment

[jwood718]

Fossil fuels influencing climate research at major universities? Dharna Noor writes for The Guardian:

"Study’s authors say integrity of higher education ‘at risk’ upon finding lack of attention to role of oil and gas firms"

BP's Cherry Point refinery, near Bellingham, WA. (Oil & Gas Journal)

Like other big industries in the past (tobacco, pharma, food), big oil sends money to universities' research programs. The question is, does that skew what's published as results?

"...by combing through the small body of existing scholarship, the authors identified hundreds of instances...where oil and gas interests had poured funding into climate and energy research while sitting on advisory or governing boards, endowing academic posts, sponsoring scholarships, advising curricula or otherwise influencing universities.

'We find that universities are an established yet under-researched vehicle of climate obstruction by the fossil fuel industry,' the authors write...

Despite the authors’ efforts, the scope of fossil fuel funding on campus remains unclear because the vast majority of university research centers do not disclose their donors publicly. One 2023 report from the non-profit Data for Progress found that fossil fuel companies donated at least $700m to 27 US universities over the past decade, but the authors noted this was almost certainly an undercount."

Full story

[nando161mando]

A pro humanity protester disrupted Hillary Clinton's speech at Columbia University.

[tenth-sentence]

'But I shall take very good care not to kill the goose that lays us such splendid golden eggs.'

"Brighter than a Thousand Suns: A Personal History of the Atomic Scientists" - Robert Jungk, translated by James Cleugh

[radiohalisi]

President Ruto announces new college funding

Vulnerable and “extremely needy” students will not pay fees effective this year, President William Ruto announced Wednesday. President Ruto announced a new a new model of funding university education, which he said will be through government scholarships, loans and bursaries. According to the Head of State, students from needy households joining universities will receive Government scholarships…

[leonardcohenofficial]

the two biggest pieces of advice that i would express to anyone thinking about grad school are

1) do not pay for grad school. i am dead serious on this one. this was the number one thing every single professor i had in undergrad expressed to me. going to a grad school that doesn’t offer tuition remission or teaching or any type of funding so you can complete the work you need to do is not worth going into debt for don’t do it don’t do it don’t do it because—

2) besides the obvious (the degree) grad school offer you two things (ideally they offer both); training or access. by training i mean rigorous high level hands on practice honing your skills in your chosen field; by access i mean connection to people/institutions/funding to help support whatever work or research you’re doing. (i think that at least in the arts broadly speaking, it is easier to find training than it is to gain access.) i think it’s extremely important to weigh out what you’re getting out of a specific program and decide not only what is more important to you but also what opportunities a school is offering you

[historyforfuture]

The country of freedom and ridiculous democracy.

The moment of the violent arrest of the economics professor of Emory University Caroline Fohlinin in the state of Georgia

After these scenes, there must be a position for all universities around the world to stand with the people of Palestine in Gaza. All hypocritical authorities and rulers who support the Nazi terrorist Israelis must be confronted.

[sharkb1t3z]

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[rhymeswithfart]

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[nando161mando]

Columbia University grads chant "Free Palestine" & tear their diplomas in protest of the school's complicity in the pro-Israel lobby & Trump DHS deportations of students critical of Israel's apartheid policies & genocide.

[saywhat-politics]

The Trump administration — which canceled $400M in grants — had ordered the school to implement a mask ban, discipline protesters, reform admissions and more.

Columbia University has agreed to a list of demands by the Trump administration in order to start negotiations on restoring $400 million in federal funding that was stripped from the university earlier this month.

The Trump administration canceled the university’s federal grants on March 7, accusing the New York school of "inaction in the face of persistent harassment of Jewish students." The abrupt cancellation of funds will end dozens, if not hundreds, of the university’s cutting edge, medical and scientific research projects.

[moraltonuniversity]

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[help-alaa-childrens]

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