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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, the University of California, *not* all of academia.[/quote]

Stanford University, MIT, Northwestern University, Cornell University, University of Notre Dame, Emory University, University of Washington, and North Carolina State University are among other institutions that have announced either full or partial hiring freezes. You should expect more to follow suit.

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Anyone who knows anything about academe knows that this has been going on since the pandemic when enrollment continued its trend of falling off the cliff.  A college education has become too expensive and the cost benefit analysis is not always in the favor of throwing yourself into debt for 10 years.[/quote]

The science community disagrees with you.

Currents cuts to research at eu precedented. The withholding of allocated USAID money/ NIH/ CDC and Dept Energy funding have caused many planned  health and STEM research projects to be cancelled or paused.

DC is post doc at leading STEM academic research center and all the post docs are worried about finding work now.

Also enrollment has not been dropping off at top colleges but they are impacted by the research cuts as well. [/quote]

[b]Scientific Research is Getting Cut—and That Should Scare All Americans[/b]
The Trump administration’s cuts to federally funded STEM research is devastating current and future innovations by NEA Higher Ed members.
https://www.nea.org/nea-today/all-news-articles/scientific-research-getting-cut-and-should-scare-all-americans

[b]US science is under threat ― now scientists are fighting back[/b]
Researchers are organizing protests and making their voices heard as Trump officials slash funding and lay off federal scientists.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00661-8

[b]NIH Budget Cuts Are a “Short-Sighted” Setback for US Science[/b]
An NIH policy to reduce funding for indirect costs to 15 percent, although temporarily blocked nationwide, sparks widespread concern and criticism among scientists.
https://www.the-scientist.com/nih-budget-cuts-are-a-short-sighted-setback-for-us-science-72707

[b]Space scientists fearful as Trump administration targets science and mulls NASA cuts[/b]
Researchers worry an “extinction-level event” is coming for space science as the Trump administration looks to slash spending.
https://www.astronomy.com/space-exploration/space-scientists-fearful-as-trump-administration-targets-science-and-mulls-nasa-cuts/

[b]These frustrated scientists want to leave the United States [/b]— do you? Take Nature’s poll
In the wake of the Trump administration’s funding freezes and job cuts, some researchers are planning their next move.

Some scientists in the United States have told Nature that they are considering leaving the country in the wake of widespread disruption to research brought in by the administration of US President Donald Trump. The researchers say they are looking for opportunities in Europe, Australia and Asia.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00757-1[/quote]

France has said they would welcome US scientists and researchers-this came after a French researcher was denied access into the country (he was coming to a conference in TX) because he texted with colleagues criticism of Trump policies. Everyone should be alarmed when reading this story.[/quote]

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