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1 hour ago, Chuckie Finster said:

0-1 since receiving this “honor.”

Yes I can’t wait for UT to leave ABET and all the other woke National certifying agencies with their accreditation to make the degree worthless.  Luckily I am licensed in multiple states so I don’t need that accreditation anymore but holy fuck they are lighting the flagship on fire.

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15 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

AISD going down the shitter further.

UT aligning itself with Trump.

UT football falling apart.

Beginning Ben Sinclair GIF by PeacockTV

Tbh it’s making it easier to disengage from this season and maybe football and the university in general

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On 10/2/2025 at 12:08 PM, BurdineBandit said:

Everything is a fucking shakedown to him. "Better access" to funding. Kiss the ring and daddy will let you set on his lap and give you a few dollars. Fucking disgusting. What a joke of an educational system we're going to have. International reputation for academic excellence? Ehhh, if God King says it's ok to teach, we'll teach it enthusiastically, otherwise, what is "knowledge" anyways. Smart people don't like him, so smart is actually dumb and education is gay. 

It's really sad because the US literally has dozens of world-class institutions.  Those aren't easy to develop.  That number will plummet.  I know you're deeply embedded, and I'm sorry you're having to see this play out.  My UT graduate work is bulletproof, I'm not that far from retirement, but my two Longhorn kids are going to suffer with this watering down of our university.  I don't really know what to tell them.

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Posted (edited)

So how should I respond to this week's email from UT asking for money?

Not that I've donated anything in a while, but I still want to make a point.

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7 minutes ago, miguelito said:

So how should I respond to this week's email from UT asking for money?

Not that I've donated anything in a while, but I still want to make a point.

Maybe you can email back asking where you can send them the mouthwash they'll need after gargling Donald Trump's balls.

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28 minutes ago, miguelito said:

So how should I respond to this week's email from UT asking for money?

Not that I've donated anything in a while, but I still want to make a point.

 

hate to say it, but it's all over. abbott and patrick had a plan and it's too far gone 

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32 minutes ago, miguelito said:

So how should I respond to this week's email from UT asking for money?

Not that I've donated anything in a while, but I still want to make a point.

Tell em, I haven't made a donation in a while but was seriously considering including UT in my estate plan.  That goes away if this happens.

Because that's exactly what I'm doing.

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Good piece that really shows the absurdities and contradictions, and anti-intellectualism of the "compact." Author is a prof at UVA and a UT grad.

https://newrepublic.com/article/201376/trump-compact-academic-excellence-university-virginia

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But let’s assume that “conservatism” now means “things President Donald Trump and his Cabinet want to do.” Then imagine that the University of Virginia, my employer, signed on to this statement, as McMahon has requested.  

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So, yeah. If I keep writing what I’m writing and teaching as I teach and supporting students as I have been supporting them, then there is a very good chance that the University of Virginia—if it signs on—would have to fire me or face the complete elimination of federal support and thus have to shut its doors and turn off the lights.   

It gets worse. Right after the sentence banning the “belittlement” of “conservative ideas,” the document proclaims, “Given the importance of academic freedom to the marketplace of ideas, signatories shall adopt a policy protecting academic freedom in classrooms, teaching, research, and scholarship.” 

Yes, that next sentence directly contradicts the previous one. You are not misreading it. This document is that stupid. Whoops. That’s more belittlement.   

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On 10/4/2025 at 9:34 PM, Hefeweizen said:

Yes I can’t wait for UT to leave ABET and all the other woke National certifying agencies with their accreditation to make the degree worthless.  Luckily I am licensed in multiple states so I don’t need that accreditation anymore but holy fuck they are lighting the flagship on fire.

This is absolutely, positively coming. I'd bet huge money on it. AAU is woke and we're going to break off and do our own thing. The cardinal rule right now is that absolutely everything must be politicized and divided.

28 minutes ago, Reese Bennett said:

Good piece that really shows the absurdities and contradictions, and anti-intellectualism of the "compact." Author is a prof at UVA and a UT grad.

https://newrepublic.com/article/201376/trump-compact-academic-excellence-university-virginia

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As for the internal contradictions and stuff, I think a lot of these letters and EOs are being written by LLMs.

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what happens when dear leader is no longer around ?

abbott will use this to crack down on 'woke' profs and admins. move in his people 

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