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Alaska fears 'brain drain' after forty-one percent proposed cut to university system

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Tags: education.higher, usa.ak, university of alaska, universities, politics, brain drain, government.local, policy.education, budget cuts, funding, author.ben kesslen, source.nbc news
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alaska-fears-brain-drain-after-41-percent-proposed-cut-university-n1026466

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After a proposed 41 percent cut to the state university system, Alaska fears a "brain drain"
Published
Jul 6 2019
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964 words

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  1. [2]
    Neverland
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    At this point I have a hard time believing that this is a budgetary accident of any sort. The reason is this 2012 GOP platform document from Texas:...

    At this point I have a hard time believing that this is a budgetary accident of any sort.

    The reason is this 2012 GOP platform document from Texas:

    Knowledge-Based Education – We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/texas-gop-rejects-critical-thinking-skills-really/2012/07/08/gJQAHNpFXW_blog.html

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    1. NaraVara
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      This is some real 1984 shit.

      Knowledge-Based Education – We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority.

      This is some real 1984 shit.

      7 votes