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Inside the mind of a liberal academic
Posted on 8/21/20 at 10:52 am
Posted on 8/21/20 at 10:52 am
I represent my university on a Higher Education COVID-19 response panel.
Someone just emailed the entire group this.
I honestly think the only humane thing to do this fall would be to just cancel the semester, pay everyone to stay home (including student workers & hourly staff), then just do as many free courses and as much research from home as we safely can. You'd obviously need new budget resources, but holding Jeff Bezos upside-down and giving him a good shake ought to cover it. With a foot in the door for free higher ed like that, you might even be able to fight for just not bringing tuition back after the pandemic. A crisis is a terrible thing to waste.
With dozens of Amen's and Agreed. This is how they think.
Someone just emailed the entire group this.
I honestly think the only humane thing to do this fall would be to just cancel the semester, pay everyone to stay home (including student workers & hourly staff), then just do as many free courses and as much research from home as we safely can. You'd obviously need new budget resources, but holding Jeff Bezos upside-down and giving him a good shake ought to cover it. With a foot in the door for free higher ed like that, you might even be able to fight for just not bringing tuition back after the pandemic. A crisis is a terrible thing to waste.
With dozens of Amen's and Agreed. This is how they think.
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Posted on 8/21/20 at 10:54 am to anc
We'll just take it from Bezos(ie, anyone who makes more than I do)
Posted on 8/21/20 at 10:54 am to anc
quote:
You'd obviously need new budget resources, but holding Jeff Bezos upside-down and giving him a good shake ought to cover it. With a foot in the door for free higher ed like that, you might even be able to fight for just not bringing tuition back after the pandemic. A crisis is a terrible thing to waste.
This may be the dumbest thing I’ve read .
Also, the budget resources should be code word for trimming the fat off of the unnecessary and bullshite admin positions
Posted on 8/21/20 at 10:55 am to anc
quote:
pay everyone to stay home
EUREKA!!! What a concept!! Why was this never thought of before????
Posted on 8/21/20 at 10:55 am to anc
I think Ray Stanz put it best.
“I loved the university. They gave us money and didn’t ask for much. You haven’t worked in the private sector. I have. They expect RESULTS.”
“I loved the university. They gave us money and didn’t ask for much. You haven’t worked in the private sector. I have. They expect RESULTS.”
Posted on 8/21/20 at 10:55 am to anc
So Bezos becomes dictator of higher ed?
Posted on 8/21/20 at 10:56 am to anc
quote:
pay everyone to stay home (including student workers & hourly staff),
quote:
do as many free courses
Hopefully not teaching in econ or business
Posted on 8/21/20 at 10:57 am to anc
Another anti-capitalist retard.
This person would fit in well on this board.
This person would fit in well on this board.
Posted on 8/21/20 at 10:57 am to anc
Sent from their parent's basement...I am sure...
Posted on 8/21/20 at 10:58 am to Lawyered
How about cut the salary of all academics and pay them all the mean salary of the U.S. which is 49,700 a year.
Then apply the savings to lower tuition.
Then apply the savings to lower tuition.
Posted on 8/21/20 at 11:02 am to anc
What subjects does this particular phd wielding moron teach?
Posted on 8/21/20 at 11:02 am to anc
How exactly would a random university in Mississippi take money from Jeff Bezos?
Posted on 8/21/20 at 11:03 am to anc
Another fine example of how Socialism is immoral because it promotes greed.
Posted on 8/21/20 at 11:04 am to PimpDaddyHustleStack
quote:
What subjects does this particular phd wielding moron teach?
I am currently digging. Will update.
University of Minnesota
City and Regional Planning
This post was edited on 8/21/20 at 11:07 am
Posted on 8/21/20 at 11:06 am to anc
quote:
holding Jeff Bezos upside-down and giving him a good shake ought to cover it.
Would this be done via a state apparatus or just have a group of self proclaimed anarchists extort the funds from Bezos by any means necessary?
I hope the people who received this email are informing this individual of his/her cognitive shortcomings.
Posted on 8/21/20 at 11:07 am to anc
So, an academic focusing on a subject which is purely a government-focused field.
IOW, an academic’s academic. What they teach is so heavily regulated that it is inefficient by design and you can’t prove how worthless they are for decades in most cases.
IOW, an academic’s academic. What they teach is so heavily regulated that it is inefficient by design and you can’t prove how worthless they are for decades in most cases.
Posted on 8/21/20 at 11:08 am to anc
These tards honestly think Bezos has $20 billion in cash just sitting around.
Posted on 8/21/20 at 11:09 am to anc
City and Regional Planning...makes sense. Sounds a lot like Central Planning. A good little commie prof there.
Posted on 8/21/20 at 11:10 am to NotoriousFSU
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Another fine example of how Socialism is immoral because it promotes greed.
Envy, not greed.
Posted on 8/21/20 at 11:14 am to anc
I always stand amazed at how so many of these idiots think there is a magical money tree that they can picked whenever without consequence. I really should be at the point where I’m no longer amazed.
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