🚨 The number of newly admitted PhD candidates at American universities collapsed by 15% for fall '26.
The future innovators of the world are being driven out by Trump's authoritarian stupidity.
Make America Great Again? Trump is making China and the rest of the world great.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/us/research-universities-fewer-phds-science.html
#science #education
Matthew Sheffield
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