The Republicans know that once kids get educated they realize just how full of shit they really are, and are doing everything they can to prevent it

Yeah, at this point, I’ll gladly take as many voices as possible to shine a light on the issue!

So many academic researchers have had their research grant money withheld and applications not even looked at. Future avenues of funding have been slashed to the point where PhD programs rescinded acceptances, and some closed down their application cycles last year. Very disheartening to feel its effect across the board.

Won’t somebody think of the poor (exceeding wealthy) universities and their profit margins???? Maybe ask the universities to be more efficient with their wealth instead of acting as if the taxpayers owe you an infinite amount of free money.  Crazy idea, I know

It’s over, most American people are brain dead.

the average redditor would be very very very surprised by how little a large part of the population has no idea what’s going on in politics

It reminds me of when LeBron called trump a bum during the first term and became public enemy #1 for /td and all the alt right losers brigaded this sub any time he was mentioned.

Bothers me in every single sub pretty much. And I usually eat downvotes and get told I’m crazy and annoying and should stick to the topic of the sub only whenever I bring up anything political that’s related. It’s terrifying tbh

Tbf, not everyone here is from the US and follows the US news as closely as Americans do

How can you come to a place where people go to discuss their hobby/entertainment and demand that they ingest the vile shit you Americans spew out? I just wanna see people get dunked on or crossed over wtf

Can you offer a brief summary?

A lot has happened.

It helps to be specific instead of vague-posting.

Exactly… we had some nice rain this week… we’ve had some nice rain this past 14 months… 

That’s all I remember right now

Bots. There are a shitload of them on social media and forums like this

20% of US adults are functionally illiterate. They can read a drive thru menu but can’t draw inferences between sentences.

Bots probably. Or pedophiles lol

He’s referring to:

• Cuts or threats to federal research funding tied to political or ideological disputes with universities.
• Government pressure on curriculum or speech, including restrictions on what can be taught or said, particularly around politically sensitive topics.
• Intimidation of university leadership and faculty, including investigations or public pressure campaigns.
• Use of law enforcement or federal officers on campuses during protests or political conflicts.

How all of that spills into College Sports I’m not quite sure, so it’s likely just a preemptive letter to address what is anticipated(?)

Read the news maybe? 

Bc there are so many obvious examples

Hey Mr. Or Ms. college professor, can you clarify which slur you were talking about in your most recent post on r/redscarepod? The original post has been deleted. Thanks!

uh oh, if this is a real college professor we’re already seeing the damage done by the administration’s cuts

Steve kerr is a master at talking bullshit to the media

How are you defining politics? Politics, discourse or struggles over authority and decision making, is the basis in how everything else is dictated, including education and athletics. There is no politics free subject, just attempts at ignoring authority and controversy.

Someone sets the curriculum, the budgets, defines or shapes the student body and faculty, establishes decorum, a code of conduct, approves coaching salaries and scale of facilities; all these things are political.

He’s a flawed coach when it comes to X’s and O’s (outside of inbound plays), but he’s always been vocally on the right side of things off the court.

“They point to cuts to funding for research, censorship, intimidation of university leaders and faculty and having federal officers deployed to college campuses as examples of that interference.“ 

Donald Trump is directly interjecting himself into college athletics, basically calling the leaders to the White House this Friday and saying he can “fix” the problems with athletics.

But more broadly federal and state governments are interfering in a whole bunch of ways like threatening to withhold funding to universities based on athletic-department decisions like title 9 or how they handle LGBT issues etc

Donald Trump is inserting himself into college athletics, summoning the leaders to the White House because he says he can “fix” the problems with college sports.

More broadly, state and federal government have been threatening to cut the funding to schools based on decisions their athletic departments make when it those decisions not align with their politics.

Lmao.

Are you overlooking how Orange Man and his cronies threatening institutions because they’re busy pushing their own ideals and political agendas to begin with?

bingo

Funding shouldn’t be tied to support for the current government. 

You’re being downvoted, but you’re right. This whole “letter” is universities not liking politics when it works against their interests. It’s just professional whining.

Trump sucks.

i mean the federal government’s brazen hostility to universities existing inarguably started last year.

You’re a moron. Weakening American universities and pushing away foreign students will only lead to a dumber, less skilled population in this country. Even if you think that pulling funding from universities for petty things like protests against the Israeli government or speaking in support of lgbt rights (I’m obviously biased in that I agreed with this statements and hate that progressive social speech is being punished), but even if you don’t like those things, hurting the American education system is a negative for the country. We will continue back sliding in the strength of our country when other countries promote education and development of their youths.

I bet you wear a “don’t tread on me” flag while you cheer on the federal government policing universities for not immediately bending the knee to the Tantrum in Chief.

Also, was it “lefties” running universities or was it simply people who were highly educated and intelligent? Food for thought.

Because the government is going extremely in on punishing colleges for anyone’s speech that Donald Trump doesn’t like.

No…

Yeah, fuck the subject matter experts for speaking about an area in which they have subject matter expertise. 

There are obvious inferences one can draw about how it impacts the student body at large, which is undoubtedly part of the intent for somebody like Kerr. It makes perfect sense for them to focus on the area in which they are an authority. 

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They are asking to keep politics out of sports. Frankly I don’t see how a rational person can disagree with that stance.