Reposted by Silvia Secchi
The war against universities has been going on perhaps longer than many people are aware. Sadly my alma mater, Iowa State University, has fallen into this trap. Thanks to @profsecchi.bsky.social for bringing this concept to my attention several years ago.
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How decades of corporate capture enabled today's assault on universities in the United States
Universities in the US have never been free of corporate, military, or political influence. But over the past fifty years, corporate libertarian donor…
![Nature, which previously reported on NSF’s grants shortfall, said it can “be attributed mainly” to the agency keeping more than $1 billion in an account, much of which is for the White House’s Grand Research Challenges project, which is meant to support specific fields, including artificial intelligence. The project was mentioned in one line in a Sept. 10 NSF memo: “In the coming weeks and months, NSF will announce a series of Grand Research Challenges to take thesis-driven bets that stand to unlock new frontiers of S&T [science and technology].”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l6arnocvhn2zrll2gn6xlxn2/bafkreigeeuixy2hyhxsvqcsqz7vvnahfxz6kcjt4fxmw4mqhb46ud2hmzq)
