Jacob Montgomery
@jacobmontgomery.bsky.social
Political (Data) Scientist at Washington University in St. Louis. Data science, social media, American politics, and grumpy Bayesian. All opinions my own.
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Again, there is no plan for running our universities without federal funding, or foreign students, at scale. But the public has no idea about this because no. one. is. telling. them. this. They expect their kids are still going to be able to do all the things at college in the next 4 years, & well:
The entire business model of R1 public universities rests on 4 revenue sources:
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
November 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Again, there is no plan for running our universities without federal funding, or foreign students, at scale. But the public has no idea about this because no. one. is. telling. them. this. They expect their kids are still going to be able to do all the things at college in the next 4 years, & well:
And shout out to the amazing leaders of Pack 400/Troop 21/ and Troop 21G featured in this story. My kids benefitted so much from their work.
November 26, 2025 at 3:56 AM
And shout out to the amazing leaders of Pack 400/Troop 21/ and Troop 21G featured in this story. My kids benefitted so much from their work.
My preferred solution is an irt-like model that also accounts for class difficulty. I want the students demanding tough grading.
November 26, 2025 at 1:11 AM
My preferred solution is an irt-like model that also accounts for class difficulty. I want the students demanding tough grading.
The problem is that many of these systems generate speech. So it’s all going to run right into the first amendment.
November 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The problem is that many of these systems generate speech. So it’s all going to run right into the first amendment.
Part of the process of slowly morphing into a hedge fund with a side hustle in government subcontracting and "educational sales" (a term one admin recently used in a meeting to my horror).
November 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Part of the process of slowly morphing into a hedge fund with a side hustle in government subcontracting and "educational sales" (a term one admin recently used in a meeting to my horror).