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In reply to the discussion: I read this last night and it sent shivers down my spine – prophetic! [View all]redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)Between the cut i. Federal funding, the state cuts to education and the fundamentalists who are terrified of things they do not understand the US is falling behind other countries. Research not only cures disease, it helps the economy by generating jobs, provides great hands on teaching opportunities for the next generation and brings international attention to our research institutions.
The new teaching load requirements cut into research even further. My husband loves teaching, but if you are given overloads each semester there is no time for the lab. He already works 60 hours a week just to keep up with his teaching, the grants, new, old and proposed and his lab full of grad students.
People need to wake up before we become a third world country full of uneducated citizens.