I work at a well known public uni. We can get state and federal funding for anything that aligns with democrat political talking points. We cannot get funding for basic tech and projects. We have a program where students design and build actual tech related directly to their degree and future employment, and we have to beg people to fund us. The school nor grants will find us in any way yet we are entirely bound to all the unis policies.
This often means we pull money out of our own pockets for super basic tooling and materials. Students simply cannot learn in such a restricted environment and often burn out because they have to spend days working around a problem that a $10 component is meant to solve. Those students are also required to work to even afford tuition. They have to take on a second external job to have any "extra" money to buy their own hardware with.
Yet the uni absolutely preaches equality and opportunity. Again, democrat talking points. They do nothing to actually make that happen.
We need to defund unis, and we should have done it 20 years ago. Across the board no more public funding, if it's worthwhile then private industry will fund it like they do for any other trade.
This often means we pull money out of our own pockets for super basic tooling and materials. Students simply cannot learn in such a restricted environment and often burn out because they have to spend days working around a problem that a $10 component is meant to solve. Those students are also required to work to even afford tuition. They have to take on a second external job to have any "extra" money to buy their own hardware with.
Yet the uni absolutely preaches equality and opportunity. Again, democrat talking points. They do nothing to actually make that happen.
We need to defund unis, and we should have done it 20 years ago. Across the board no more public funding, if it's worthwhile then private industry will fund it like they do for any other trade.