Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As long as they're not hoping to engage in research while in college, should be fine.

What does this mean? Why not research?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2025/03/03/more-universities-cut-budgets-admissions-due-to-federal-funding-chaos/

Some takeaways: "Given the signals from Washington, D.C., the question is rapidly morphing from “which research universities are reining in spending” to “why aren’t they all doing so.” The need to tighten budget belts will become more urgent as the ramifications of federal research cutbacks ripple across institutions. For example:

*Sponsored research projects will need to be reduced in scope or ended altogether unless the university reallocates internal funds to keep them going.
*Universities might try to shore up their science programs by reapportioning support from lower-demand graduate programs in the arts and humanities.
*A decrease in graduate students could result in fewer teaching assistants to help cover undergraduate classes and lab sections.
*The staffing of laboratories, libraries, animal care facilities and medical clinics might be reduced, resulting in those facilities limiting their hours or closing down.
*Post-docs and junior faculty may find their careers jeopardized. (One wonders whether the traditional six-year tenure clock might need to be reset.)
*Financial aid, student services and other campus programming could be threatened as institutions divert some of those funds to other priorities."

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've probably spent too much time on the politics board and need to shake it off, but there is a lot of doomsday talk involving college. I don't think people talk like that in the real world, but I don't want to bring it up and look nuts. My DC applied to all their schools in what feels like a different time. Now, I'm wondering how much impact the political climate will really have on our kids. Are you keeping them close to home or having them go to the less expensive school? Are you sticking with private schools or larger, state schools? Do you think what's going on will actually affect our kids who worked so hard to start college this fall? Does it always feel a little nervewracking or is this year worse?

Do I just need to stay off the politics board?

What exactly are you worried about? Funding for research? Not clear from your post. Not sure why they wouldn’t have normal college experience?!?

DP. All the polarizing protests, the militant lack of acceptance of any alternate POV.

I think you’ve gone way down the rabbit hole, op. Our kids will be fine.

Anonymous wrote:I've probably spent too much time on the politics board and need to shake it off, but there is a lot of doomsday talk involving college. I don't think people talk like that in the real world, but I don't want to bring it up and look nuts. My DC applied to all their schools in what feels like a different time. Now, I'm wondering how much impact the political climate will really have on our kids. Are you keeping them close to home or having them go to the less expensive school? Are you sticking with private schools or larger, state schools? Do you think what's going on will actually affect our kids who worked so hard to start college this fall? Does it always feel a little nervewracking or is this year worse?

Do I just need to stay off the politics board?

What exactly are you worried about? Funding for research? Not clear from your post. Not sure why they wouldn’t have normal college experience?!?

Anonymous wrote:No, not really. For most kids, it will be fine. I think red state universities will experience the least change, if change is the concern. They’ll keep plodding along.

I hope you are right!

No, not really. For most kids, it will be fine. I think red state universities will experience the least change, if change is the concern. They’ll keep plodding along.

Anonymous wrote:As long as they're not hoping to engage in research while in college, should be fine.

I feel like every tour we ever took talked about research over and over. I didn't do any research in undergrad, but my DC is probably going into healthcare. I'm not sure how important undergrad research is for that path.

Anonymous wrote:As long as they're not hoping to engage in research while in college, should be fine.

What does this mean? Why not research?

As long as they're not hoping to engage in research while in college, should be fine.

Anonymous wrote:I have a HS junior DD and with everything going on these days, I want her to stay closer to home (no more than 6 hrs away) and definitely no deep red States.

Would you be OK with her at UNC, but not UGA? I'm just picking those two b/c of the driving time. Would Penn State or Michigan be OK (north, but purple)?

BTW - I'm talking about graduating HS seniors who are just about to start their college years.

I have a HS junior DD and with everything going on these days, I want her to stay closer to home (no more than 6 hrs away) and definitely no deep red States.

I think it must be a scary time to enter the job market . They are competing with all of the laid off Federal workers who were on probation.

Poor kids don’t need more stress.

I've probably spent too much time on the politics board and need to shake it off, but there is a lot of doomsday talk involving college. I don't think people talk like that in the real world, but I don't want to bring it up and look nuts. My DC applied to all their schools in what feels like a different time. Now, I'm wondering how much impact the political climate will really have on our kids. Are you keeping them close to home or having them go to the less expensive school? Are you sticking with private schools or larger, state schools? Do you think what's going on will actually affect our kids who worked so hard to start college this fall? Does it always feel a little nervewracking or is this year worse?

Do I just need to stay off the politics board?