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What's the point of such an abstract question? The university's goals and expected resolution for the problem would always depend critically on why the stream o
by SpicyLemonZest 2y ago
What's the point of such an abstract question? The university's goals and expected resolution for the problem would always depend critically on why the stream of grants stopped.
- aoanevdus 2y agoWhen a large institution is faced with uncertainty about the future, it’s both feasible and prudent to make plans that account for multiple future outcomes. In this case, it makes sense to do both of the following: 1) Fight the administration in the legal system. 2) Plan for the case where some of those legal fights are lost.
- SpicyLemonZest 2y agoWhat does it mean, concretely, to plan for that case? It doesn't sound like there's any risk of a scenario where, like, Columbia can't pay maintenance staff and all the buildings flood. If the US government freezes them out of grant funding, then the research funded by those grants won't be funded any longer - there's no careful planning you can do to make that less true.
- nine_k 2y agoA practical turn: can, say, Harvard or Yale answer: "Screw you, government, I don't need your money, go away!"?