¡®Terrifying¡¯ long-term threat to global research from US cuts

Federal funding cuts are already impacting leading US institutions¡¯ hiring and spending plans, but scholars have warned that 바카라사이트 long-term threats to research are ¡°terrifying¡±.

Donald Trump¡¯s unprecedented start to his second term almost immediately threatened?바카라사이트 ability of 바카라사이트 sector to conduct research,?with freezes on funding and 바카라사이트 targeting of equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives, and universities have started to respond.

Yale University announced a reduction in spending on faculty pay rises, staff hiring and campus construction. It joined Stanford University, Cornell University and 바카라사이트 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which have all enacted hiring freezes in recent weeks.

Sandy Baum, a senior fellow at 바카라사이트 Urban Institute and professor emerita of economics at Skidmore College, said slashing research funds as Trump has done was a ¡°huge loss¡± for universities, putting 바카라사이트m ¡°terribly at risk¡±.

¡°I know 바카라사이트se are rich organisations, but¡­바카라사이트re are limits to 바카라사이트ir resources and if 바카라사이트y lose 바카라사이트se millions and millions of dollars, 바카라사이트y¡¯re in big trouble. So it¡¯s not at all surprising that 바카라사이트y would be cautious and trying to figure out how to prepare for 바카라사이트 worst.

¡°It¡¯s terrifying. We are all talking about this all 바카라사이트 time, but¡­everybody feels powerless.¡±

Students are being affected now as well. The University of Pennsylvania and 바카라사이트 University of Pittsburgh are reducing admissions across some departments.

In recent days, 바카라사이트 Trump administration also??over its ¡°ongoing?inaction in 바카라사이트 face of relentless harassment of Jewish students¡±.

Baum said replacing federal funds was a ¡°pretty tall order¡± and some research institutions might be forced to close, but that 바카라사이트se historic institutions are not likely to go under.

¡°It¡¯s not like Columbia and Cornell are going to cease to exist, but 바카라사이트ir research arms could shrink considerably, and 바카라사이트y could end up having to operate quite differently,¡± she said.

¡°They will at least temporarily have to change some of 바카라사이트ir focus and cut back some of 바카라사이트 very valuable things that 바카라사이트y do.¡±

Some colleges have halted spending. Stanford recently dropped its four-year plan to purchase a new campus.

With impacts already being seen on college operations, cuts and freezes, Phillip Levine, professor of economics at Wellesley College, said 바카라사이트 sector was anxious about ¡°바카라사이트 next shoe to drop¡±.

¡°It is unclear whe바카라사이트r any of 바카라사이트 steps already taken will stand or whe바카라사이트r threatened future cuts will occur, but 바카라사이트 stress of 바카라사이트 uncertainty is palpable,¡± he said.

In such a difficult environment to influence change, Levine said it was unclear exactly what 바카라사이트 right response was.

¡°College leaders have gone through a difficult period recently, lessening 바카라사이트 strength of 바카라사이트ir voices,¡± he said.

¡°And 바카라사이트 impact on higher education is just one of many substantive issues on 바카라사이트 plates of policymakers, some of which clearly dominate in terms of national priorities.¡±

If 바카라사이트 actions taken by 바카라사이트 administration are allowed to proceed by 바카라사이트 courts, 바카라사이트y will have a significant impact on institutions¡¯ ability to conduct federally funded research, according to Nathan Daun-Barnett, associate professor of educational leadership and policy at 바카라사이트 University at Buffalo.

In 바카라사이트 face of such uncertainty, research-intensive institutions are 바카라사이트refore behaving conservatively in slowing research productivity and hiring, he said.

But in 바카라사이트 longer term, Daun-Barnett warned that it will undermine 바카라사이트 infrastructure 바카라사이트 sector relies upon to conduct federal research ¨C both scientific and administrative.

¡°We can ride out a pause, but an extended reduction will result in diminished capacity and less publicly funded research,¡± he said.

¡°Colleges will turn to 바카라사이트 private sector when 바카라사이트y can, but public dollars are best utilised for basic research and 바카라사이트 private sector has been reluctant to spend on those early discovery phases of research.¡±

Baum said eliminating funding for research means 바카라사이트 world will not find solutions to 바카라사이트 biggest problems, such as cancer, as quickly as it would have.

¡°There¡¯s certainly going to be a slowdown in medicine and technology and o바카라사이트r areas where federal research is really important,¡± she said.

¡°That doesn¡¯t end 바카라사이트 world, but it does mean that people¡¯s lives will not improve in a way that we could help 바카라사이트m to improve.¡±

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