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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.

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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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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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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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On 10/5/2025 at 3:12 PM, jimmyjazz said:

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.

I'm glad my oldest didn't pick UT and that they are doing the rug pull before my youngest has to make a decision.

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On 10/5/2025 at 3:12 PM, jimmyjazz said:

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.

 

i don't think bigger companies give a fuck about all this. they need bodies, partially qualified is best

i know o/g don't give a fuck about all this. they just need college grads that can fit in / pass drug tests / show up consistently / be extremely coachable / not be a drama mama 

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2 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

i don't think bigger companies give a fuck about all this. they need bodies, partially qualified is best

i know o/g don't give a fuck about all this. they just need college grads that can fit in / pass drug tests / show up consistently / be extremely coachable / not be a drama mama 

I thought that was what AI is for. 

Side question: If colleges just push out automatons and AI handles all the beginning/mid-level tasks, where does senior leadership come from in 20-30 years?

Answer: Probably current leadership's failsons.

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33 minutes ago, Reese Bennett said:

I thought that was what AI is for. 

Side question: If colleges just push out automatons and AI handles all the beginning/mid-level tasks, where does senior leadership come from in 20-30 years?

Answer: Probably current leadership's failsons.

So, exactly like it's always been.

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6 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

i know o/g don't give a fuck about all this. they just need college grads that can fit in / pass drug tests / show up consistently / be extremely coachable / not be a drama mama 

Why do they have to be college grads?  Feels like they are cutting out most of their aspiring hires. 

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3 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

Why do they have to be college grads?  Feels like they are cutting out most of their aspiring hires. 

 

a 22 yo with a degree is a safer hire than a 22 yo with 4 years experience  

 

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Looks like the Dartmouth president said no. Southern Cal faculty overwhelmingly voted no, as did the faculty at MIT and the faculty at Arizona. 97% of UVA faculty are against it. 

Any word on UT faculty taking a vote/issuing a statement?

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I thought that was what AI is for. 
Side question: If colleges just push out automatons and AI handles all the beginning/mid-level tasks, where does senior leadership come from in 20-30 years?
Answer: Probably current leadership's failsons.

Ding, ding, ding. Jon Stewart’s guest hit on this in a most horrifying way on Monday night.

This is how we jump in the fast lane to:

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15 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

most chem plants / refineries have a 3 year apprentice program for no degree / non engineering highers 

I think most of the guys I worked with in Pasadena did I think a 2 year degree from UH-clear lake specific to working as a refinery operator. 

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1 hour ago, Reese Bennett said:

Looks like the Dartmouth president said no. Southern Cal faculty overwhelmingly voted no, as did the faculty at MIT and the faculty at Arizona. 97% of UVA faculty are against it. 

Any word on UT faculty taking a vote/issuing a statement?

 

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Stephen miller will now be making up the incoming freshman class and setting policy 

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fyi, abbott shit canned the faculty senate ...

The UT faculty senate was replaced in August 2025with new advisory bodies by UT Austin and the UT System in response to Texas Senate Bill 37, which transferred academic decision-making power away from faculty to university leadership. The new structure includes a <President's Faculty Advisory Board and a Faculty Advisory Cohort,which will serve solely in an advisory capacity, with no final decision-making authority.  
 

Impact of SB 37

Reduced Faculty Autonomy: 

Faculty senates historically had the power to make decisions on issues such as course offerings and faculty hiring, but SB 37 has eliminated this power. 

Shift in Authority: 

Decision-making authority now rests with the university president and the UT System regents, rather than the faculty. 

 
 
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15 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

fyi, abbott shit canned the faculty senate ...

 

The UT faculty senate was replaced in August 2025with new advisory bodies by UT Austin and the UT System in response to Texas Senate Bill 37, which transferred academic decision-making power away from faculty to university leadership. The new structure includes a <President's Faculty Advisory Board and a Faculty Advisory Cohort,which will serve solely in an advisory capacity, with no final decision-making authority.  
 

Impact of SB 37

Reduced Faculty Autonomy: 

Faculty senates historically had the power to make decisions on issues such as course offerings and faculty hiring, but SB 37 has eliminated this power. 

Shift in Authority: 

Decision-making authority now rests with the university president and the UT System regents, rather than the faculty. 

 
 

They did that at every state university.  Honestly, in my experience, the faculty senate was a massive waste of time.  

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2 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

They did that at every state university.  Honestly, in my experience, the faculty senate was a massive waste of time.  

 

yet abbott saw them as a threat 

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16 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

yet abbott saw it as too democratic and that isn't an American value any more

fify

Faculty Senate = decision making not by the ruling elite = bad

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