Minimum. That’s just the count from the (hundreds) of faculty who did the survey, not the thousands we have on campus. Total impact is likely much higher.
According to a new survey, Texas Tech system policies on what can and cannot be taught prompted 277 courses on the Lubbock campus to be altered. https://chroni.cl/4vfb2TW
The findings of an unscientific, faculty-conducted survey suggested that new policies on teaching about race and sex have changed university instruction.
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Internal notes reveal that in March, the mental-health institute (NIMH) projected it'd only be able to issue ~5% of its typical new awards because of the shortage, potentially leaving $500 million unspent.
My university assigned me a mandatory training on (the risks and harms of) AI on the last day of duty, due July 1, after our chancellor and board of regents used AI to cull through all our syllabi and course material to decide what to censor. I can’t make this shit up.
NEW: A serious staffing shortage — of the Trump admin's own making — is delaying the agency's ability to send billions to universities around the country, leaving labs reeling in the meantime.
“I thought we were at rock bottom”, a senior NIH official said. “We are below rock bottom now.”
