The student population got smaller and smaller while fancy new buildings appeared.

I guess this is politics. This is happening in red states. Schools are getting worse because they can.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    46·
    1 year ago

    West Virginia’s recent population decline has been one of the largest in the history of the United States. From 1950–2000, an estimated total of 797,000 people were lost to out-migration. One faculty member, who will be dismissed from WVU if the cuts are approved and who spoke on condition of anonymity, said: “West Virginia’s population decline is the largest in the U.S. From 2010 to 2020, nearly 60,000 people left.

    This is the goal, it’s not just about keeping people in red states uneducated, it’s about making educated people leave so the states stay red.

    Republicans have shown over and over again that they care more about staying in office than helping their states.

    Especially with the Senate system. Liberal voters leaving is the goal of most of the stupid shit they do. I don’t blame people leaving, but the only way to fight this is to stay and vote.

    • PeleSpirit@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Or you can move there, lol. No way I am and I would leave in a heartbeat. It’s not only a relatively dumb populace, but they’re also not a healthy populace.

    • brcl@artemis.camp
      1·
      1 year ago

      I feel that any politician is more concerned with staying in office than about their actual constituents. You can’t tell me that Nancy Pelosi cares about her constituents. Look at the homeless population in San Francisco alone.

      Now, I’m not saying one party is better than the other. Just that they’re all morally questionable, at best.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        15·
        1 year ago

        Pelosi is a piece of shit, but the worst dem is still better than the best republican.

        The two parties are not the same.

        And it’s safe to ignore anyone who acts like they are, or that either party is perfect

  • Jordan LundEnglish
    29·
    1 year ago

    It’s active hostility to higher education from those on the right, because once you’re college educated, you tend to be more left leaning.

    https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2016/04/26/a-wider-ideological-gap-between-more-and-less-educated-adults/

    "Highly educated adults – particularly those who have attended graduate school – are far more likely than those with less education to take predominantly liberal positions across a range of political values. And these differences have increased over the past two decades.

    More than half of those with postgraduate experience (54%) have either consistently liberal political values (31%) or mostly liberal values (23%), based on an analysis of their opinions about the role and performance of government, social issues, the environment and other topics. Fewer than half as many postgrads – roughly 12% of the public in 2015– have either consistently conservative (10%) or mostly conservative (14%) values. About one-in-five (22%) express a mix of liberal and conservative opinions."

  • MomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    1 year ago

    Good. If they can’t operate without massive handouts, they should either figure out increasing their income, or cut things that waste money.