Um, David,
Maybe if you just read the 30-40 emails I got, some from people whose
resumes are over-the-top good, and read their hopelessness and helplessness
after losing jobs or inability to obtain one, largely because a bunch of
politicians in multiple states are playing games with their lives,
So you've collected headlines from roughly half the states, of which some
really don't paint a doom-and-gloom picture (Colorado, Minnesota ,Oregon,
while Mississippi and Alabama are increasing funding to K-12 education),
and then proceed to make some pretty sweeping claims. It's almost as is
often
THere are a few states with increased higher ed budgets, and the vast
majority being slashed and burned.
IF you read through these articles, you will find common threads in regard
to party-lines, common issues, etc.
Bottom line, there is a ware on higher education and science. The excuse
is