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Thankfully in the US Academia's case there's not even an attempt to hide it: "The numbers are staggering. According to a 2022 study from the National Associati
by istultus 3y ago
Thankfully in the US Academia's case there's not even an attempt to hide it:
"The numbers are staggering. According to a 2022 study from the National Association of Scholars, Qatar today is the largest foreign donor to American universities. The study found that between 2001 and 2021, the petrostate donated a whopping $4.7 billion to U.S. colleges."
https://www.thefp.com/p/qatars-war-for-young-american-minds https://www.thefp.com/p/qatars-war-for-young-american-minds
- mschuster91 3y agoWell, that's what happens when the government retreats from financing science - a very sad and disturbing trend.
- myth_drannon 3y agoQatar was not financing science. It was compromising humanities and social sciences departments with their divisive agenda.
- 0xDEF 3y agoThe Qataris were primarily funding humanities and social sciences.
- morelisp 3y agoOne might expect that scholarly institutions that have benefited from this autocracy’s money would rethink their partnership after Qatar’s foreign minister said... Surely a scholarly institution changing their policies based on what someone says would be wokist deplatforming cancel culture and not supported at all by such a libertarian bastion.