▲ 155 ▼ Trump Wants $3 Billion in Harvard Grants Redirected to Trade Schools (www.nytimes.com) submitted 1 year ago by DragonSidedD@lemmy.ml to c/world@lemmy.world 35 comments fedilink hide all child comments the president mused about redirecting $3 billion in research grant funding that his administration has frozen or withdrawn
[–] blakenong@lemmings.world 70 points 1 year ago (1 child) Someone was saying somewhere that he’s taking it out on Harvard because Barron was rejected permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago (2 children) Considering he hasn't targeted any other ivy league schools this is probably true. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] RunawayFixer@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago (1 child) https://www.yahoo.com/news/tracking-trumps-war-on-elite-universities-which-schools-have-lost-funding-and-what-theyre-doing-about-it-200621655.html?guccounter=1 This article lists 7 schools that are known to have had funding taken away as punishment. Harvard is just the only one that dared to publicly speak out against the bullying and now the bully is trying to make an example of them. The republican war on higher education is older than Bannon's graduation from high school. Trump already targeted them during his first term. Ron Desantis has been doing the same in Florida. Texas republicans have been going at it for years as well. And that's the ones that I know about. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Uranus_Hz@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Of course Florida and Texas don’t have any highly prestigious universities. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dickalan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago You’re overzealousness is costing you factual accuracy because I believe UT has created several scientific advances and done a shit load for people even though it's in the middle of a red state permalink fedilink source parent [–] blakenong@lemmings.world 4 points 1 year ago I think there was something about Columbia, but they did everything he wanted. Maybe I’m thinking of another one. They blend together permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago (2 children) Considering he hasn't targeted any other ivy league schools this is probably true. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] RunawayFixer@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago (1 child) https://www.yahoo.com/news/tracking-trumps-war-on-elite-universities-which-schools-have-lost-funding-and-what-theyre-doing-about-it-200621655.html?guccounter=1 This article lists 7 schools that are known to have had funding taken away as punishment. Harvard is just the only one that dared to publicly speak out against the bullying and now the bully is trying to make an example of them. The republican war on higher education is older than Bannon's graduation from high school. Trump already targeted them during his first term. Ron Desantis has been doing the same in Florida. Texas republicans have been going at it for years as well. And that's the ones that I know about. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Uranus_Hz@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Of course Florida and Texas don’t have any highly prestigious universities. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dickalan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago You’re overzealousness is costing you factual accuracy because I believe UT has created several scientific advances and done a shit load for people even though it's in the middle of a red state permalink fedilink source parent [–] blakenong@lemmings.world 4 points 1 year ago I think there was something about Columbia, but they did everything he wanted. Maybe I’m thinking of another one. They blend together permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RunawayFixer@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago (1 child) https://www.yahoo.com/news/tracking-trumps-war-on-elite-universities-which-schools-have-lost-funding-and-what-theyre-doing-about-it-200621655.html?guccounter=1 This article lists 7 schools that are known to have had funding taken away as punishment. Harvard is just the only one that dared to publicly speak out against the bullying and now the bully is trying to make an example of them. The republican war on higher education is older than Bannon's graduation from high school. Trump already targeted them during his first term. Ron Desantis has been doing the same in Florida. Texas republicans have been going at it for years as well. And that's the ones that I know about. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Uranus_Hz@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Of course Florida and Texas don’t have any highly prestigious universities. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dickalan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago You’re overzealousness is costing you factual accuracy because I believe UT has created several scientific advances and done a shit load for people even though it's in the middle of a red state permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Uranus_Hz@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Of course Florida and Texas don’t have any highly prestigious universities. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dickalan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago You’re overzealousness is costing you factual accuracy because I believe UT has created several scientific advances and done a shit load for people even though it's in the middle of a red state permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dickalan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago You’re overzealousness is costing you factual accuracy because I believe UT has created several scientific advances and done a shit load for people even though it's in the middle of a red state permalink fedilink source parent
[–] blakenong@lemmings.world 4 points 1 year ago I think there was something about Columbia, but they did everything he wanted. Maybe I’m thinking of another one. They blend together permalink fedilink source parent