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Good on Purdue for taking care of their students.

by crsv 5y ago

throwaway894345 5y ago
Eh, talk is cheap. Glad they’re speaking out against China, but as far as I know it costs them nothing to do so and they stand to gain some positive PR.
- someguydave 5y ago
  These days talk that defends freedom of speech is not cheap.
- lotsofpulp 5y ago
  I assume university leaders’ pay is correlated to a university’s budget, which is correlated to international students paying full price, which is correlated to students from China due to their large numbers. https://www.propublica.org/article/even-on-us-campuses-china-cracks-down-on-students-who-speak-out?token=QWMHNu1frTkwNtZ9tn8Uvt0O9Qq1EbGO https://www.propublica.org/article/even-on-us-campuses-china... > At Brandeis University near Boston, Chinese students mobilized last year to sabotage an online panel about atrocities against Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region. Viewers interrupted a Harvard-educated lawyer as she tried to describe her brother’s plight in a concentration camp, scrawling “bullshit” and “fake news” over his face on the screen and blaring China’s national anthem. To the dismay of participants, the university’s leaders failed to condemn the incident. > U.S. universities have received more than $1 billion in donations from mainland China — from individuals, companies, government organizations — since 2013, according to the Department of Education. That doesn’t include tuition paid by Chinese students, whose numbers in the U.S. reached 370,000 in 2019.
  - hectord 5y ago
    The number of Chinese students is already already in decline for various reasons [1]. It means less money for the American universities. It also means less tensions between students in the future. I don't think it's good news for the US though. [1] https://www.visualcapitalist.com/international-students-impact-u-s-economy/ https://www.visualcapitalist.com/international-students-impa...

Good on Purdue for taking care of their students.

by crsv 5y ago

Good on Purdue for taking care of their students.

Eh, talk is cheap. Glad they’re speaking out against China, but as far as I know it costs them nothing to do so and they stand to gain some positive PR.

someguydave 5y ago
These days talk that defends freedom of speech is not cheap.
lotsofpulp 5y ago
I assume university leaders’ pay is correlated to a university’s budget, which is correlated to international students paying full price, which is correlated to students from China due to their large numbers. https://www.propublica.org/article/even-on-us-campuses-china-cracks-down-on-students-who-speak-out?token=QWMHNu1frTkwNtZ9tn8Uvt0O9Qq1EbGO https://www.propublica.org/article/even-on-us-campuses-china... > At Brandeis University near Boston, Chinese students mobilized last year to sabotage an online panel about atrocities against Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region. Viewers interrupted a Harvard-educated lawyer as she tried to describe her brother’s plight in a concentration camp, scrawling “bullshit” and “fake news” over his face on the screen and blaring China’s national anthem. To the dismay of participants, the university’s leaders failed to condemn the incident. > U.S. universities have received more than $1 billion in donations from mainland China — from individuals, companies, government organizations — since 2013, according to the Department of Education. That doesn’t include tuition paid by Chinese students, whose numbers in the U.S. reached 370,000 in 2019.
- hectord 5y ago
  The number of Chinese students is already already in decline for various reasons [1]. It means less money for the American universities. It also means less tensions between students in the future. I don't think it's good news for the US though. [1] https://www.visualcapitalist.com/international-students-impact-u-s-economy/ https://www.visualcapitalist.com/international-students-impa...