Gotta get rid of them liberals at all costs.

Ambivalence: IronTom: What has happened to our universities? It is like they've been taken over by idiots or people who don't like America.

Idiocracy is looking downright prophetic these days.

You realize he's supporting Scott here and the 'idiots' he's referring to are the 'academic liberal elitists' or whatever the specific dog whistle is.

Ambivalence: Nerds, not so much.

Actually they can make tons of money for a university.

Being the stereotypical neanderthal jock gives you all the skills you need to run a modern business.

In today business world, being an arrogant ignorant bully is an asset.

Ambivalence: IronTom: What has happened to our universities? It is like they've been taken over by idiots or people who don't like America.

Idiocracy is looking downright prophetic these days.

But it's not waiting 500 years to happen.

Ambivalence

Don't worry, scrote. There are plenty of 'tards out there living really kick-ass lives.

Oh shiat, I have a funny feeling this just might give Scott Walker an idea or two...

Funny, My university did the oppisite, they cut athletic classes including muay thai and kenpo. All the traditionals like spirit and track is preserved.

The rest of the funding went to the brand new science building.

My college got the right priorities.

However, I do think that middle school and high school should heavily emphasize on nutrition, basic body science and basic understanding of exercises; such as knowing the difference between aerobic, anarobic and flexibility. Especially co-ordination and balance.

As a UCF student, I am expecting something like this it happen any day now. I very much hope that Rick Scott gets thrown out of office; unfortunately, with so many old people living here, I doubt it.

rynthetyn: Rick Scott seems to be doing his dead level best to destroy Florida's PUBLIC higher education system.

FTFY. He's all about giving tax money to his cronies.

Weaver95: f*ck science, right guys?

USA! UAS! SAU!

f*cking nerds!

HIS PUNCTUATIONS IS CORRECT, HE'S ONE OF THEM1

I should note that university of florida is often ranked in playboy as #9 party school of the US out of hundreds of universities in the US

/ Predictably, BYU won most stone cold sober for the 12th year in the row.
// Naturally, playboy's system isn't academic.
/// Oddly the stone cold sober almost is, thanks to Princeton Review.

Florida's athletic department funds itself. It's not as if someone decided to take $2 million from CS and give it to athletics. They're different budgets.

Farking math. How does it work?

Weaver95: Smackledorfer: Weaver95: f*ck science, right guys?

USA! UAS! SAU!

f*cking nerds!

HIS PUNCTUATIONS IS CORRECT, HE'S ONE OF THEM1

I doant knew what yer talkin' 'bout thar mein....I rn't one o'them nerd!s

It's too late. Lets make litter out of this literati!

/oops

Ambivalence: Sports programs make money for a university. Nerds, not so much.

Cut all research funding a school gets over the course of a year. See just how quick it kills the school.

Cut all athletic funding, boo hoo no more sports. Cut all academic funding, no more school.

In Florida, the universities are dumping some programs that are being picked up by the state college system (former community colleges)...the former comm. colleges now can offer 4-yr Bachelor degrees

I bet that Santa Fe State College....also in Gainesville....will pick up the programs

This stuff has been happening before Rick Scott took over

Now, the new FL Polytech is just the old Univ of South FL branch campus that offered technical degrees. They wanted to break from USF for years...finally...good move

Weaver95: especially if/when they develop a new patent or new technology. but research isn't 'sexy'. it doesn't have cheerleaders, it's not 'kewl'.

Did you ever wonder what would happen if universities had their tech and science departments work with their filthy liberal arts departments and put out summaries of of all of their advancements in a way that the average person could read and understand (while at the same time being overseen so that it doesn't have the standard idiot journalist disregard for what the studies actual show or suggest, of course) and make that available over the internet, and maybe even a free community newsletter for people interested in subscribing?

Its like with NASA. NASA is worth far more than the money spent on it, but when nobody has a clue about all the things resulting from that work, everyone thinks its not that important.

It wouldn't have to be special or fancy, just a regular reminder. I think a lot of people, if they were given that kind of information, would value universities more highly. I also think many people who don't trust the science and tech journalism as a general rule might still be interested in learning it. It would improve the quality of our journalists as well.

I think it would be worth the cost the university to do such a thing. Might even motivate some alumni to kick in a little more.

Weaver95: WhyteRaven74: Ambivalence: Nerds, not so much.

Actually they can make tons of money for a university.

especially if/when they develop a new patent or new technology. but research isn't 'sexy'. it doesn't have cheerleaders, it's not 'kewl'. intelligence and education certainly aren't respected anymore.

nope, we're just gonna say 'f*ck education' and keep outsourcing key jobs. Because hey, i'm sure that won't ever weaken this country, right?

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Reality is that science grads do not contribute money to the school after graduation

The biggest donors on the academic side of a college/univ are the same ones who are the biggest donors on the athletic side. Which is why every university president at a major school is now so involved with athletics.....those people who fund the sports are the ones that fund the geeks, too

Because everyone knows now that even an ex-addict, college cheerleader with mediocre grades
and a record of multiple failed businesses can can grow up to become President..

To be fair, some of the worst programmers I've worked with have been formally educated in it.