How Trump’s War on Higher Education Is Hitting Community Colleges

[Hume]

Since January, the Trump administration has waged war on the nation’s wealthiest and most prestigious universities, freezing billions of dollars in research grants to Harvard and blasting away at Columbia’s institutional autonomy.

But collateral damage from these attacks has engulfed schools of all types, including the country’s 1,100 community colleges, which educate about 6.4 million undergraduates each year — roughly 40 percent of the national total and more than twice as many as are enrolled at every highly selective college and university in the country combined.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/magazine/trump-community-college-anti-dei.html

 

[Lionfish]

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[Yakuda]

Since January, the Trump administration has waged war on the nation’s wealthiest and most prestigious universities, freezing billions of dollars in research grants to Harvard and blasting away at Columbia’s institutional autonomy.

But collateral damage from these attacks has engulfed schools of all types, including the country’s 1,100 community colleges, which educate about 6.4 million undergraduates each year — roughly 40 percent of the national total and more than twice as many as are enrolled at every highly selective college and university in the country combined.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/magazine/trump-community-college-anti-dei.html

Good. It's not a war against them it's time to stop giving taxpayer dollars to institution with multi billion dollar endowments. If education now so important let those institutions put up their own money up to pay for it. Let's see how really important it is.

 

[Hume]

Good. It's not a war against them it's time to stop giving taxpayer dollars to institution with multi billion dollar endowments. If education now so important let those institutions put up their own money up to pay for it. Let's see how really important it is.

Do you know that most science reseach occurs at universities?

 

[Yakuda]

Do you know that most science reseach occurs at universities?

Yeah. So what? Tell me why it has to happen there and why taxpayers should foot the bill.

 

[Hume]

Yeah. So what? Tell me why it has to happen there and why taxpayers should foot the bill.

Because most scientists work at universities.

 

[Yakuda]

Because most scientists work at universities.

Yeah because they they get taxpayer money to do it. Now why should taxpayers foot the bill when universities like Harvard have billions in endowments?

 

[Hume]

Yeah because they they get taxpayer money to do it. Now why should taxpayers foot the bill when universities like Harvard have billions in endowments?

Harvard gets contracts to do research. It is not a hand out.

 

[Yakuda]

Harvard gets contracts to do research. It is not a hand out.

Not relevant. Does the money they get paid through the contract come from the taxpayers?

 

[Hume]

Not relevant.

Only thing that is relevant.

 

[Yakuda]

Only thing that is relevant.

No it's not. There is absolutely no reason, and you're proving my point by your non-answer, for an institution that has billions of dollars in endowments to be getting taxpayer dollars to do anything, let alone research.

 

[Hume]

No it's not. There is no reason, and you're proving my point by your non-answer, for an institution that has billions of dollars in endowments not be getting taxpayer dollars to do anything let alone research.

Obviously you have no idea who does scientific research.

 

[Yakuda]

Obviously you have no idea who does scientific research.

You're avoiding the question. I'm trying very hard not to shit all over you but you make it very difficult. You're not a serious thinker. Tell me why any institution with billions of dollars in endowments should be getting any taxpayer money. Ty making an actual case for your position rather than tell me I don't know "who does scientific research". Holy shit! Would you grow the fuck up

 

[Hume]

You're avoiding the question. I'm trying very hard not to shit all over you but you make it very difficult. You're not a serious thinker. Tell me why any institution with billions of dollars in endowments should be getting any taxpayer money. Ty making an actual case for your position rather than tell me I don't know "who does scientific research". Holy shit! Would you grow the fuck up

bye jerkoff.

 

[Yakuda]

bye jerkoff.

There you go. You can't answer a simple fucking question but I'm the problem. This is why I will continue to shit on you every chance I get.