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Re:Penn to reduce graduate admissions, rescind acceptances a... by gotoeleven on Saturday February 22, 2025 @11:18PM (#43146474)
The EO in question literally just reduces the amount that can be spent on overhead. Maybe they should try reducing overhead?
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Re:Penn to reduce graduate admissions, rescind acceptances a... by hooverd on Sunday February 23, 2025 @01:02AM (#43147052)
"Overhead" here is things like physical plant and shared resources.
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Re:Penn to reduce graduate admissions, rescind acceptances a... by adgjlsfhk1 on Sunday February 23, 2025 @01:13AM (#43147115)
because most of that overhead isn't removable. all of your chemistry/biology/physics research has labs and lab managers as overhead. that is intrinsically expensive.
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