I just had a brilliant idea for solving all higher-ed woes in one shot: index interest rates on student loans to job prospects in that major
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also your idea ends research science and, shortly thereafter, all technological advancement.
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absolutely not, quite the opposite, by forcing the hard question of supporting research directly instead of as a part of ed
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Find me one substantive example of deep scientific research supported by something other than higher ed.
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That's like mistaking roads for truck engines. Give me one example of univs doing long term work in extended weak economy.
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Universities are one of the few institutions we have that successfully pursue long-term goals.
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I totally don't buy that. They successful pursue the vanities of academics and bureaucrats.
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Hand pure research to the free market and it’s all viagra and hair tonics. No CRISPR, no optogenetics, etc.
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Whosaid the choices are current form of understanding vs and current form of free markets? Plenty of room for new forms
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