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[โ€“] nikita@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Its all about money at the end of the day. For instance, the uni I attended is shutting down its entomology programme while continuing to pump large amounts of money into cell bio.

[โ€“] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

My university really liked to tout its Carnegie 1 classification to bring in donor money, then instead of using that money to fund the research needed to maintain it they'd use it to pay off debts for athletics.