As Trump Goes After Universities, Students Are Now on the Chopping Block

[Anonymous]

MAGA slogan should be changed to MAMA:

"Make America Mediocre Again."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I cannot even begin to express how incredibly foolish, vindictive, and short-sighted this is.

Do MAGA voters realize how much money and investment China is directing to their academic and research institutions? They're positioned to absolutely eat us for lunch if we divest in training the next generation of scientific and technologic experts.

All of this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is great news! All these rich schools should be defunded. They have billion dollar endowments- use them instead of being a drain on taxpayer dollars!

What should taxes pay for? I'm curious as to what you want.

[Anonymous]

#ETTD

Also, OP, if you’re going to post a long quote like that, at least link to the article.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is great news! All these rich schools should be defunded. They have billion dollar endowments- use them instead of being a drain on taxpayer dollars!

+ 22 Billion. Which is Penn’s endowment.

As of June 30, 2024, the University of Pennsylvania's endowment was valued at $22.3 billion. This makes it the sixth-wealthiest private academic institution in the United States

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:#ETTD

Also, OP, if you’re going to post a long quote like that, at least link to the article.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/us/politics/trump-university-funding-grad-student-cuts.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Of course Trump is going after universities. That is the first thing dictators do. The uneducated are Trump's voter base.

Fact.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m fairly open to the idea of change and believe that just because things have been done a certain way doesn’t mean it has to continue that way.

But, this is going to hurt the future of our country. We will decline in innovation even more than we had before and our manufacturing base will erode even further. I guess everyone can try to work at Walmart.

Everything he is doing is to hurt our country.

yes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If Trump continues to enact his agenda against education, the colleges our kids have been working so hard to enter (and all the work we've done reading this forum, listening to podcasts, researching opportunities for them) will be for nothing.

We The People need to find a way to stop this catastrophic madness against our way of life and against our livelihoods and those of our kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is great news! All these rich schools should be defunded. They have billion dollar endowments- use them instead of being a drain on taxpayer dollars!

+ 22 Billion. Which is Penn’s endowment.

As of June 30, 2024, the University of Pennsylvania's endowment was valued at $22.3 billion. This makes it the sixth-wealthiest private academic institution in the United States

Dim wit

Who make all the innovations that MAG?

This is what happens when people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Of course Trump is going after universities. That is the first thing dictators do. The uneducated are Trump's voter base.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Of course Trump is going after universities. That is the first thing dictators do. The uneducated are Trump's voter base.

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is great news! All these rich schools should be defunded. They have billion dollar endowments- use them instead of being a drain on taxpayer dollars!

+ 22 Billion. Which is Penn’s endowment.

As of June 30, 2024, the University of Pennsylvania's endowment was valued at $22.3 billion. This makes it the sixth-wealthiest private academic institution in the United States

Dim wit

Who make all the innovations that MAG?

This is what happens when people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

When the bill is being paid by taxpayers yet these schools all have massive endowments that don’t pay taxes, yeah I have an issue with that.

And the world will not collapse is there are few less History and English PhDs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is great news! All these rich schools should be defunded. They have billion dollar endowments- use them instead of being a drain on taxpayer dollars!

U are clearly an idiot. What are you doing here?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is great news! All these rich schools should be defunded. They have billion dollar endowments- use them instead of being a drain on taxpayer dollars!

I can't wait for the mortgage deduction to go away.