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By directing a triad of investigations specifically at #MedicalSchools in a single day, the #Trump admin is widening its targets & transforming a decades-long financial partnership into a tool of #cultural leverage.

That partnership dates back to a postwar consensus in the country that #ScientificProgress is a fundamental #PublicGood — one too vital to be left to the vagaries of the market or the limitations of private philanthropy.

#law #AcademicFreedom #education #privacy #science #medicine

Hot Dog Water

@GGMcBG@mstdn.plus replied · 3 days ago

@Nonilex

Can't easily prescribe pulverized beaver penis and cupping under JrBob's private supps and accessories label to cure cancer with all those cancer docs knowin' what's what.

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 3 days ago

The #Trump admin has opened investigations into #admissions policies at 3 major #MedicalSchools, expanding the #federal govt’s pressure campaign beyond campus #culture & taking aim at the heart of #ScientificAuthority in the #US.

The #DOJ on Wednesday informed #Stanford, #OhioState & #UCSD, about the investigations & demanded that the schools turn over extensive lists of #data by April 24 or risk interruptions to essential federal #funding….

#law #AcademicFreedom #education #privacy #medicine

Ned Hamson

@nedhamson1@mastodon.social replied · 3 days ago

@Nonilex Trump dead set on killing USA science - why? bcause he hates people with brains

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 3 days ago

The government is seeking information about #MedicalSchool #applicants from each of the past 7 years, including test scores, home ZIP codes & any familial relationships to alumni or ties to university donors. The #Trump admin also demanded copies of any internal messages at the universities about #diversity, #equity & #inclusion & any correspondence between school officials & pharmaceutical companies about admissions policies.

#law #AcademicFreedom #education #privacy #MafiaState #science

oscarfalcon

@oscarfalcon@mastodon.social replied · 2 days ago

@Nonilex

How THE FUCK is this OK? What is the end game, stupidification of the masses at all cost?

Allan Chow

@grumpasaurus@infosec.exchange replied · 3 days ago

@Nonilex sounds like our administration isn't interested in running things, only interested in pursuing their conspiracy theories

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 3 days ago

…The govt’s attacks on #HigherEducation during the past year have in part been aimed at tilting the #political balance of #academia, which #Trump views as hostile to his brand of “conservatism”. Some #MedicalSchools had been swept up in the campaign, but largely at #universities like #Harvard, #UPenn & #UCLA, where the full force of the govt was on display through investigations into “antisemitism” [ #Palestinian Rights activism], protections for #transgender athletes & #admissions policies.
#law

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 3 days ago

#law #AcademicFreedom #education #privacy #science #medicine

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 3 days ago

Since the 1950s, the #federal govt has consistently operated as the predominant source of #research #funding for #universities, acc/to the #NSF.

One of the largest govt sources of research funding has been the #NIH, which disburses about $35 billion each year. The largest recipients of those NIH #grants are #MedicalSchools, acc/to the Association of American Medical Colleges.

#law #Constitution #AcademicFreedom #education #privacy #MafiaState #RevengePolitics #Trump #science #medicine

GrantArchive

@grantarchive@mastodon.social replied · 21 hours ago

Good point about the long-term nature of recovery. A lot of grant applications underestimate the timeline for program evaluation and reporting requirements.

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