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US universities are recruiting Indian and Nigerian students to replace Chinese. It's not working. (kdwalmsley.substack.com)
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[–] 0x01@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's not working economically for any wondering. It was a mildly concerning headline without a smidge more context

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Given that universities in US are effectively run as a business nowadays, the fact that they're becoming insolvent should be more than mildly concerning.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Why?

[–] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Because that means they have a financial incentive to enshittify higher ed even more than they already have.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

But hopefully less means