HazelFrederick

HazelFrederick t1_j8uppd1 wrote

Reply to Community Colleges, State Universities, and UConn by BobbyBuzz008

Thank you.

What people need to realize is that even if enrollment hadn’t declined, fixed costs have shot up. There isn’t too much you can do about either reality except A) pay for the difference, B) hope and pray trends reverse or C) not have public higher education.

Even after amortizing across a graduate’s entire adult life and accounting for inflation, the return on investment for every tax dollar spent on public ed education is paid back severalfold thanks to higher tax receipts, better health outcomes and lower crime. We need to fund higher ed, fully and equitably, if we’re to maintain our quality of life.

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HazelFrederick t1_j8up0uo wrote

Reply to comment by Gooch__Gobbler in Community Colleges, State Universities, and UConn by BobbyBuzz008

They justify it because fixed costs have gone up without the state matching the increases. Same with the rest of the system. They justify it because math exists. It’s not “mismanagement” it’s just reality.

And no you can’t just dip into the endowment as most funds are restricted by donors for specific purposes.

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HazelFrederick t1_j4kwl0o wrote

Reply to comment by Van_GOOOOOUGH in TIL Aristarchus of Samos in the 3rd Century BCE was the first to present the model of the Sun as the center of our Solar system and also placed the other known planets in correct order of distance from the sun. He also correctly surmised that stars were other far distant suns. by CapnFancyPants

The overwhelming opinion of pre Christian philosophers before and after Aristarchus was a geocentric universe, and Christian beliefs about the universe were directly borrowed from Plato and Aristotle.

The Church fucks up lots of things but they don’t get the lion’s share of the blame here.

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HazelFrederick t1_j4kw3nj wrote

Reply to comment by Champioli in TIL Aristarchus of Samos in the 3rd Century BCE was the first to present the model of the Sun as the center of our Solar system and also placed the other known planets in correct order of distance from the sun. He also correctly surmised that stars were other far distant suns. by CapnFancyPants

Yep for most of the western “firsts” in astronomy there’s some evidence of them learning it from, or discovering it after, Babylonians or Persians. They in turn often learned it from Indians or Chinese.

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HazelFrederick t1_j4628fe wrote

Reply to comment by Robbotlove in TIL Creedence Clearwater Revival was only active for four years (1968-1972), with seven studio albums. They still hold the record for most singles (nine) to reach the Top 10 on Billboard's Hot 100 without ever scoring a #1. by Torley_

My dad listened to nothing but country so that’s what I listened to. I rolled my eyes at my friends who listened to grunge and hip hop and 90s girl pop. Ten years later that’s all I would listen to.

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