Does Trump have much better health insurance?

[Fernando]

Grad School Is in Trouble

The latest signal that the future of the university is under threat

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Grad School Is in Trouble​

Jennie Bromberg was somehow still exuberant last weekend about her future career in public health. In January, she interviewed for a competitive Ph.D. program in epidemiology at the University of Washington, one of several to which she has applied. “I loved them. It was amazing,” she told me by phone while on a walk with her Australian shepherd. But the email that arrived from UW shortly after she got home was not the acceptance letter that she’d hoped for. Nor was it even a rejection. Instead, it said that she’d been placed in grad-school purgatory. All new offers of admission were being put on hold “in response to the uncertainty we are facing because of the rapidly changing financial landscape.” The email finished: “We appreciate your patience as we navigate through these uncertainties and disruption.”

Those words euphemize a cascade of traumas that have befallen higher education since Inauguration Day. The Trump administration has frozen, slashed, threatened, and otherwise obstructed the tens of billions of dollars in funding that universities receive from the government, and then found ways around the court orders that were meant to stop or delay such efforts. In the meantime, new proposals to raise the tax on endowment income could further eat away at annual budgets. And all of this is happening at just the time when graduate admissions are in progress. Future researchers such as Jennie Bromberg are caught in the middle.

 

[Fernando]

MSN

Federal judge blocks drastic funding cuts to medical research​

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from drastically cutting medical research funding that many scientists say will endanger patients and cost jobs.

The new National Institutes of Health policy would strip research groups of hundreds of millions of dollars to cover so-called indirect expenses of studying Alzheimer’s, cancer, heart disease and a host of other illnesses — anything from clinical trials of new treatments to basic lab research that is the foundation for discoveries.

The NIH, the main funder of biomedical research, awarded about $35 billion in grants to research groups last year. The total is divided into “direct” costs – covering researchers’ salaries and laboratory supplies – and “indirect” costs, the administrative and facility costs needed to support that work.

The Trump administration had dismissed those expenses as “overhead,” but universities and hospitals argue they’re far more critical. They can include such things as electricity to operate sophisticated machinery, hazardous waste disposal, staff who ensure researchers follow safety rules and janitorial workers.

Dr. David J. Skorton of the Association of American Medical Colleges, one of the plaintiffs, applauded the ruling. “These unlawful cuts would slow medical progress and cost lives,” he wrote in a statement, saying the NIH-funded research “benefits every person and community in America.”

 

[Dublin ohio]

Grad School Is in Trouble

The latest signal that the future of the university is under threat

www.theatlantic.com

Grad School Is in Trouble​

Jennie Bromberg was somehow still exuberant last weekend about her future career in public health. In January, she interviewed for a competitive Ph.D. program in epidemiology at the University of Washington, one of several to which she has applied. “I loved them. It was amazing,” she told me by phone while on a walk with her Australian shepherd. But the email that arrived from UW shortly after she got home was not the acceptance letter that she’d hoped for. Nor was it even a rejection. Instead, it said that she’d been placed in grad-school purgatory. All new offers of admission were being put on hold “in response to the uncertainty we are facing because of the rapidly changing financial landscape.” The email finished: “We appreciate your patience as we navigate through these uncertainties and disruption.”

Those words euphemize a cascade of traumas that have befallen higher education since Inauguration Day. The Trump administration has frozen, slashed, threatened, and otherwise obstructed the tens of billions of dollars in funding that universities receive from the government, and then found ways around the court orders that were meant to stop or delay such efforts. In the meantime, new proposals to raise the tax on endowment income could further eat away at annual budgets. And all of this is happening at just the time when graduate admissions are in progress. Future researchers such as Jennie Bromberg are caught in the middle.

That's what happens when you depend on the government to provide you with more and more. She will just have to wait or apply to another program. I don't feel sorry for someone who is wandering around Australia with her shepherd and thinking she is a shoe in. She doesn't even know if she would have been accepted had the "financial" landscape remained unchanged

 

[Dublin ohio]

“indirect” costs, the administrative and facility costs needed to support that work.

Which amounts to 60% or more of the total cost. They need to reduce their indirect costs which probably include a lot of waste and bloated administrative costs. Starting with reducing the salaries of the so called "administrators".

 

[Fernando]

American universities are the best in the world because of the research and talented attracted. Thanks to funding from Federal government.
Innovation and technology have been America's savior to our economy.

 

[Zoe]

Which amounts to 60% or more of the total cost. They need to reduce their indirect costs which probably include a lot of waste and bloated administrative costs. Starting with reducing the salaries of the so called "administrators".

I would like Govt healthcare. Medicare and Medicaid are govt healthcare. Most major nations have govt healthcare. Govt is the whole healthcare system in most nations.

Professionals still make good money. Costs are lower for the public citizens.

I'll rephrase, Govt is healthcare system in most major civilized nations and successful nations.

If you call me Bernie Sanders, I won't care.

 

[Carnivore]

Same with me. Tax Reform 2.0 more important.
Health plans, egg prices, social security, medicare, and such do not affect me.
However, DOGE cutting back in funds to universities have affected me.
My daughter applied to Harvard and didn't get in. I blame that on DOGE. Universities with uncertainty in funding are cutting back in admissions, academia, and research.
Elon and Trump not investing in future of our youngings.

Harvard University has an endowment valued at approximately **$50.7 billion** as of June 30, 2023. This makes it the largest academic endowment in the world. The endowment is managed by the Harvard Management Company and supports various aspects of the university, including financial aid, faculty positions, and research initiatives.


Getting into Harvard is extremely competitive. For the 2023–2024 admissions cycle, the acceptance rate was just **3.5%**. This means that out of every 100 applicants, fewer than four were admitted. Harvard looks for exceptional academic achievements, strong extracurricular involvement, and compelling personal qualities in its applicants.

Simple question

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) doesn't directly influence individual admissions decisions at Harvard. Admissions are primarily based on the applicant's qualifications, achievements, and how well they meet Harvard's rigorous standards.

However, DOGE's policies, such as federal funding cuts, could indirectly affect admissions. For instance, universities anticipating reduced research funding might scale back graduate program admissions. This could mean fewer spots available, making the competition even tougher.

 

[Zoe]

Harvard University has an endowment valued at approximately **$50.7 billion** as of June 30, 2023. This makes it the largest academic endowment in the world. The endowment is managed by the Harvard Management Company and supports various aspects of the university, including financial aid, faculty positions, and research initiatives.


Getting into Harvard is extremely competitive. For the 2023–2024 admissions cycle, the acceptance rate was just **3.5%**. This means that out of every 100 applicants, fewer than four were admitted. Harvard looks for exceptional academic achievements, strong extracurricular involvement, and compelling personal qualities in its applicants.

Simple question

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) doesn't directly influence individual admissions decisions at Harvard. Admissions are primarily based on the applicant's qualifications, achievements, and how well they meet Harvard's rigorous standards.

However, DOGE's policies, such as federal funding cuts, could indirectly affect admissions. For instance, universities anticipating reduced research funding might scale back graduate program admissions. This could mean fewer spots available, making the competition even tougher.

Yeah, but there are politics involved. It made no sense Pediatric dental school didn't accept my daughter when she graduated 2nd in class from dental school and the boy that was number 1 in class was offered entrance and declined because he wanted to go somewhere else.

The school accepted people out of State and my daughter had to go to Augusta GA to specialize. They were begging her to come there.

Politics are involved sometimes.

 

[Zoe]

If you are into ivy league, try Stanford or somewhere else Fern. Your daughter has options.

Get an attitude. Bye Harvard. You missed out.

 

[Zoe]

You can rejoice Harvard didn't get in your money. LOL

Tell your daughter that is not the end of the world for her. She has options.