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"I was then told my student group would be dissolved if we used off-campus facilities" This is the craziest part to me. There doesn't seem to be any rational r
by namlem 4y ago
"I was then told my student group would be dissolved if we used off-campus facilities"
This is the craziest part to me. There doesn't seem to be any rational reason for it other than wanting absolute control for its own sake.
- dilyevsky 4y agoLiability insurance most likely
- rbanffy 4y agoMaybe patent rights as well. If the facilities belong to a company, they may want a piece.
- zbrozek 4y agoStanford is self-insured and has weirdly inconsistent ideas around riskiness of various activities. And no risk appetite, tolerance, or ability to reevaluate once something has received its scarlet letter. As far as I can tell, the only way to do anything is to have it tied to a grant or sports. That profit motive provides back-pressure against risk aversion. That means non-research, non-sportsball activities are doomed to being sanitized to the point of boredom.