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mcuban.bsky.social
This is a sad but interesting question. How many grad students will leave and where, if anywhere will they go ?
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gabestur.bsky.social @gabestur.bsky.social
Live here and am in grad school here. I have one class where 13 out of the 15 in it are leaving the state or country at end of semester.
That funding loss will really impact the summer where the population is half that so it’s about $2k per person.
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cfart.bsky.social
Universities, especially state schools, now almost completely depend on international students. They know what they are doing. Dismantling every part of our education system.
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carl92131.bsky.social
This brain drain is not just students & postdocs it’s everywhere. My husband & I both science PhDs in the private sector making a good
will likely leave the US even if it means making less. We’d rather live in a EU social democracy than a hellish kakistocracy. What makes US great are leaving.
4/35
jmf68.bsky.social
The happiest countries all seem to be the higher taxed ones with better social services and a future for young people... when will this country stop longing for the past and start embracing the future?
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janefico.bsky.social
We’re losing prominent professors already (eg Tim Snyder moving to Canada). Grad students will follow them. America is about to undergo a huge brain drain.
6/35
heardandunderstood.bsky.social
Well, when you see the top 3 Yale professors taking a gig at a Canadian university just to get the heck out of dodge, that tells you all you need to know.
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umpref13.bsky.social
I’m trying to leave. I’m a researcher.
We don’t want to do anything with eugenics, disability, women, children. All of it is viewed through the lens of DEI tell me exactly where I’m going to get funding, cause it sure ain’t the hell here.
8/35
njm4.bsky.social
Again, the Blue States should take advantage. Form their own USW (US in Waiting), hold back federal taxes so that they can fund science and medicine, kick out ICE, protect lawyers and the courts...
Stop reacting and make THEM react.
An entire generation of scientists and grad students is waiting.
9/35
njm4.bsky.social
And then work WITH Canada, Mexico and the EU and set up favorable Trade.
Trump seceded from the Constitution months ago, after all. Whatever he's in charge of in DC, it isn't the US.
10/35
showmethebubbles.bsky.social
I wish we would. Honestly, this whole experience has made me sour on democrats too. The whole lot of them (save a few) seem completely spineless and ready to turn right over. This country is fukked.
11/35
madrigalk.bsky.social
We all know who to blame. This is on trump and the people who voted for him.
12/35
mamajoconnolly.bsky.social
All four of my daughters will leave for BC.
13/35
jangi.bsky.social
We welcome them. Hopefully, we can get housing costs under control.
14/35
nedwilcox.bsky.social
B r a i n D r a i n.
Just like in Russia!
Lovely.
15/35
johnd62.bsky.social
University of Toronto just hired four professors from Yale last week. Canadian universities are actively recruiting America’s top academics.
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allimcc.bsky.social
Heard this week of several PHD’s in disease research heading to University of Guelph too.
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johnd62.bsky.social
All four of those Yale professors said the only reason they left the USA is because of Trump.
18/35
allimcc.bsky.social
Who can blame them? The disease researchers had their funding cut in the US.
19/35
giamonroe.bsky.social
I know two families with accomplished high scoring SAT high school seniors both looking at University outside U.S. Neither is in a targeted group, they just don’t want to be here.
20/35
tinaharrisment.bsky.social
Who even knows what a targeted group is anymore? I can’t imagine university students being told they can’t protest or have opinions in any way.
21/35
juststeve120.bsky.social
There are many great universities doing important research in a wide variety of disciplines in Europe. The uS will quickly end its leadership in the research sector. Not too surprising given how anti-intellectual we have become.
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jdfirehorse.bsky.social
Silicon valley is non intellectual?
23/35
laurahasdogs.bsky.social
My 10 year old nephew coded a website for his Christmas list last year. So no, it isn't intellectual. It's a skill like plumbing or farming. Once you know how to smdo the thing, it isnt hard. Having media literacy is intellectual.
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jdfirehorse.bsky.social
I would submit both require critical thinking. Yes now on media literacy do you know how many people are sharing that we are cutting research grants when in fact it's the administration getting a cut and the researchers are getting more. Critical thinking is essential in an environment of liars.
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laurahasdogs.bsky.social
The right wing controlled media is NOT sharing that. They all require specialized knowledge but ifyyou think about building a house, say, we've engineered so many products to make them plug and play for efficiency but it cuts down on independent judgement in many steps. It's not a craft anymore.
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jdfirehorse.bsky.social
Jeesh, the right wing has fox, the left has cnn, msnbc, abc, CBS, NBC and npr. That's a lot of firepower to take on rogue podcasts here and there. Yeah right a DR Horton home is coded, zero craftsmanship. Point being people believe anything and spread it and then refuse to accept the facts
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laurahasdogs.bsky.social
Because parts of the agenda like mass deportation align with their world view. Even when those people have everything they need they still hate brown people. I miss when they had quiet hatred.
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bles59.bsky.social
Toronto Canada just got 3 of your finest this week! Doctors, scientists and nurses are heading north too! The brain drain of America begins!
29/35
rhymeswithcastle.bsky.social
Had a summer job between semesters back in 1976 and worked at a major hospital in Detroit in the Personnel dept.
The office had 1 dedicated staffer just to recruit, hire & process Canadian nurses because of shortages back then.
If there's an exodus of nurses now, care will suffer.
30/35
mikealee.bsky.social
Of everything the orange turd is doing to ruin our country, it’s the “dummying down” that pisses me off the most.
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binnyo.bsky.social
I agree. But what really kills me is the censorship of the arts.
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mikealee.bsky.social
Yeah, but we won’t let art disappear, we have no control over education.
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mikealee.bsky.social
Btw I’m an actual artist so I know for a fact I will make my art even if it’s on a prison wall.
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definitelyover30.bsky.social
That's when the prison guards come and hose down the walls. The lesson from history is, "find ways to stay out of sight as a person while delivering your message".
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johnj4climate.bsky.social
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