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My experience in higher ed is exactly the opposite. Funding is quite easy to get for STEM research projects through grants and other research programs. Projec

My experience in higher ed is exactly the opposite. Funding is quite easy to get for STEM research projects through grants and other research programs. Projects that just "align with political talking points" tend to be much more challenging to fund because there's significantly less money available in those domains. Economically, an educated populace produces positive externalities on society. As such it makes sense for the government to fund and subsidize it to some extent because it produces a good ROI for both the society and the individuals.

colpabar 4y ago
> Economically, an educated populace produces positive externalities on society. As such it makes sense for the government to fund and subsidize it to some extent because it produces a good ROI for both the society and the individuals. Sure, but we tried that, and tuitions are sky high and everyone is in tons of debt, right? Cutting all public funding may be extreme, but something obviously needs to change.
devwastaken 4y ago
Then your state may be doing something right, unfortunately here the students are not getting a quality education for the cost. We try but we can't pull $2000 out of our pocket every semester to have group projects or other students programs. Fun fact with many of the external programs is you are actually paying them to do it. Though it's a "grant" the institution wants you to fundraise to pay them. Yeah, no. Because of this most students never touch a project outside of classes.