Mencius Moldbugman

Funding to universities in Alaska has been slashed. $130 million has been denied to the Uni of Alaska. This means faculty layoffs and closing its 13 community campuses. Look at the physiognomy of this woman.https://www.npr.org/2019/07/03/738569508/university-of-alaska-readies-for-budget-slash-we-may-likely-never-recover …

South Dakota recently passed a bill demanding “intellectual diversity” at its colleges. The bill orders universities to protect free speech, including speech that may be “offensive, unwise, immoral, indecent, disagreeable or conservative.”https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2019/03/21/south-dakota-passes-intellectual-diversity-bill …

The bill had been stalled but was revived amid a debate over a "Hawaiian Day" party planned by University of South Dakota students, an event whose name was changed to "Beach Day" after an official told them their theme violated rules about inclusiveness.https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2019/03/04/debate-over-hawaii-themed-party-u-south-dakota …

This article tells of Newbury College - a small liberal arts college in Massachusetts - closing down. There’s a lot of hand-wringing here but inbetween the lines notice the usual ills of the education sector: inefficiency and greedy over expansion.https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/06/what-its-like-when-your-college-shuts-down/591862/ …