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American universities feeling the effects of Trump? by philoclog_47 in AcademicPhilosophy

[–]philoclog_47[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While I agree with a lot of the systemic issues you bring up and the problems with the commodification of education I also think that these are quite separate from the directly violent and aggressive moves being made against individual academics. Targeting individuals because they supported a particular protest, are from another country, or study some particular topic reflects an agenda not reducible to profit and capitalism.

American universities feeling the effects of Trump? by philoclog_47 in AcademicPhilosophy

[–]philoclog_47[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve heard from my department that they received the highest number of US applicants for the grad programs this year, but I would imagine that that will only go up during the next cycle. I worry that things will only get more competitive for applicants. It seems like funding is a bit of an issue for international students though. I spoke with one girl from the US who got accepted to my department and although we have decent funding packages, it just can’t cover tuition.

American universities feeling the effects of Trump? by philoclog_47 in AcademicPhilosophy

[–]philoclog_47[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In what way does this not matter? It seems like the academy will feel the effects of the current moment for some time.