8mo ago

What Could Happen in Higher Education During a Second Trump Term?

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Wait until academics leave the county for greener pastures.
- We won WWII in part because other countries brain drain. What happens when that happens to the US?
  
  Education is the backbone of any new frontier.
  If brain drain were to recur and end up elsewhere, that elsewhere will certainly prosper.
- I don't think you understand the academic job market. Most people are barely surviving as adjuncts, etc. If they could have fled to another country, they already would have.
  just one article: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/05/upshot/academic-job-crisis-phd.html
Can't wait to see if my uni's board puts up a fight or bends over like a bitch.
I bet you can guess which one I'm predicting
Zio colleges are already violently attacking and punishing protesters. Are summary executions next?

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