Occupy, school shootings / gun violence protests, police violence protests, water protectors, BLM, anti-genocide, Cop City…doesn’t matter what young people are assembling against, the goal of people in power across the political spectrum has been to crush them. Unless they’re alt-right / Proud Boys!

among the things we apparently need to do a better job of going forward - as a society, it seems - is communicating the basic conceit of what learning is and why we value it. a problem that we in higher ed share with our K-12 colleagues

People have actually studied whether international students cross subsidize domestic students. And they do! If 20% of your student body is paying full price, and many of domestic students are not, there is a cross-subsidy, one that allows the university to hire more faculty and open more spots.