The Academic Pipeline Stall: Why Industry Must Stand for Academia

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gotoeleven ◴[12 May 25 04:01 UTC] No.43959536[source]▶

I didn't look at every one on the list of these 1000 NSF grants that were cancelled:

https://airtable.com/appGKlSVeXniQZkFC/shrFxbl1YTqb3AyOO?jnt...

but I think if you skim the titles you can sense a theme.

Here's the very first one: "Cambio: A Professional Development Approach for Building Latinx-focused Cultural Competence in Informal Science Education Institutions" for a whopping 2.8 million dollars.

This is not basic research, this is not important research, this is left wing politics parasitically attached to scientific institutions.

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1. eternauta3k ◴[12 May 25 12:30 UTC] No.43962211[source]▶

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More in-depth analysis from Scott Alexander: https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/only-about-40-of-the-cruz-w...

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2. wileydragonfly ◴[12 May 25 22:34 UTC] No.43968076[source]▶

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Very minor nitpick, but “Hispanic serving institution” does have a specific meaning in higher education. He derides it as a pointless statement but it is objectively true with University of Houston.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic-Serving_Institution

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