I don’t think anyone is prepared for how far off of reality the Higher-Ed/STEM/High-Tech/Immigration story is. Even Bannon. This is arguably the steepest pyramid scheme in the US & in the strategic sector that can least afford it. Yet it has ZERO to do with merit or xenophobia.https://twitter.com/dannytrocs/status/1167953319240683520 …
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As such it is defended by a single mega lie of such size that no one can afford to rethink it. Myself included. It‘s a lie that has defined who we are for 50 years. I’m 53 and know nothing other than the lie. And the lie plays on the best parts of our American soul & narrative.
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Work backwards. You‘ll see that perhaps the top 5-10 and not the top 100 universities should be training most all PhDs. Administrators should be fired. Tuition slashed. Strategic rivals barred from our labs. Diversity decreased or addressed *radically* earlier. Debt forgiven.
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More students discouraged from four year college and into higher stability occupations. Massive salaries paid in fields that could restart growth. Transparency and accountability decreased for researcher and jacked up for administrations. Sports scholarships and legacies removed.
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It’s so crazy what we need to do, that it‘s just easier to call anyone who dares rethink it an elitist or a xenophobe or an idiot or a pessimist or a nationalist. So I’m obviously going to be called all those things. As I was when I talked about mortgage backed securities in ‘02.
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This is the first political position I've seen in a long time, from anyone, that I don't understand. Not "I disagree", but literally I can't infer the rationale behind this cluster of proposals or why they go together.
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I get the "higher-ed skeptical" position (anti-credential-inflation) and agree with it. Don't understand how it relates to banning rivals from labs or opposing immigrant student visas. Debt forgiveness seems to be the *opposite* of "not everyone should have to go to college."
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I'd like to see the position you're staking out explained in more detail.
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