07-13-2025, 08:27 PM
I hate to say it but I agree with Obie on this one. How many in academia pursue navel gazing at the taxpayers' expense?
That said, I still think a more rational, informed method could be used to cut expenses, instead of just burning everything down and seeing what grows in the ashes. For every ten perpetual liberal arts students, there may be a few promising, hard working students that have just had their whole path to graduation and the actual job market destroyed.
And then of course, regardless of what the funding went towards, it's dollars no longer entering our economy. We may not be as propped up by government largess as some states, but how many of these programs can we lose before the loss causes a recession here in Hawaii? We may soon wish for the days when we had grants for the study of underwater basket weaving.
That said, I still think a more rational, informed method could be used to cut expenses, instead of just burning everything down and seeing what grows in the ashes. For every ten perpetual liberal arts students, there may be a few promising, hard working students that have just had their whole path to graduation and the actual job market destroyed.
And then of course, regardless of what the funding went towards, it's dollars no longer entering our economy. We may not be as propped up by government largess as some states, but how many of these programs can we lose before the loss causes a recession here in Hawaii? We may soon wish for the days when we had grants for the study of underwater basket weaving.
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