DP - Probably bumped by UM sent out the notification yesterday. |
UMichigan was on the list to be absolutely demolished as soft science NIH, NSF, DOE, DOL, HHS grants are being cancelled, and for the foreseeable future, not being renewed.
UMichigan's operating budget is around $3 billion. There are reports circulating among its departments that it will lose between $400-600 million. |
But this should stop the bleed, no? |
DP. My guess would be that the Trump administration likely still believes there are “left wing ideologues” there so not sure it means there won’t be some cuts. |
No, DEI is just a part of Trump's assault, unfortunately. When NIH, NSF, etc. start reviewing grants again, UMichigan leads the country in obtaining "soft science" grants. Those are the ones the administration is going to cut the most, in favor of hard science grants. UMichigan is reliant those grants which will never materialize. Their graduate programs, even in Economics, are in red alert status right now. We are talking massive amount of layoffs and cuts. |
Michigan is my DC's number 1 school. Their major is in a hard science, but their secondary interest is psychology. We've always thought the strength of UM's psych department was another plus in case DC changed their mind once taking those hard science classes. Their 2nd choice school is UGA for a psych major. DC had all but dismissed all other schools after visiting UM. Should we be rethinking? I hate the idea that DC worked hard to get a shot at their dream school, gets in and then we are watching all these attacks target said school. |
How do you know this? Where does a prospective family find information like this? Are you connected to a faculty member? |
Michigan will be fine. Relax. |
Should have voted and/or campaigned harder for Harris rather than the raging anti-intellectual sociopath who won. Many schools, especially Michigan, went way too far with DEI. But this childish performative over-response is not the right answer. But the base is eating it up as he "sticks it to the libs." God Bless America |
“But this childish performative over-response is not the right answer.”
Why don’t you just send 600 million to the school so they won’t miss a beat. |
If you email the Econ department chair, you'll be told about the cuts. This isn't secret. They are retrenching RIGHT NOW and are planning for further massive retrenchments. Undergrad will be less affected that grad. |
So you hate white women? You know, they benefit. Not that you even cared to research or understand any of this. I think I probably posted upthread saying my white DS goes there, and he’s just fine. He complains a lot, but hasn’t ever said a word about being discriminated against. Go figure! |
You know zilch! |
You obviously have emailed them. Please post the response from the chair. |
Still waiting for the verification….. |