Quote:Incredible chart from The New York Times. The federal government gives 30 times as much research funding to universities as it did during the Cold War, adjusted for inflation. It gives almost three times as much as it did at the end of the Cold War.

Is America more innovative or better at research than it was 25 years ago? Just the opposite: Universities have fat endowments and thousands of highly-paid administrators, but their actual work is less impressive by the day.

Not only that, but campuses have embraced ideological poisons like DEI and critical race theory that are a death sentence for authentic science. And of course, every year brings another 4-5% hike in tuition.

The Trump Administration is right to demand immediate change. No more racial discrimination. No more Marxism masquerading as science. No more waste.

(04-21-2025 08:33 AM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  

Quote:Incredible chart from The New York Times. The federal government gives 30 times as much research funding to universities as it did during the Cold War, adjusted for inflation. It gives almost three times as much as it did at the end of the Cold War.

Is America more innovative or better at research than it was 25 years ago? Just the opposite: Universities have fat endowments and thousands of highly-paid administrators, but their actual work is less impressive by the day.

Not only that, but campuses have embraced ideological poisons like DEI and critical race theory that are a death sentence for authentic science. And of course, every year brings another 4-5% hike in tuition.

The Trump Administration is right to demand immediate change. No more racial discrimination. No more Marxism masquerading as science. No more waste.

CP, to answer the question...

NO

Prioritizing administration over results is bad.

It is more about funding "their people", and getting it back to fund election campaigns. This is pretty obvious now.