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[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 year ago

The economics aren't really that tied. A lot of universities have research arms that are not tied to their undergraduate population. It might need a graduate student population to oppress, but undergrads are rather worthless.

[-] socsa@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Undergrads are the revenue generating portion of the university

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 year ago

Not really. Universities make a lot of money off research and the research helps more with prestige ratings.

[-] WetBeardHairs@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Grant money from researchers is a drop in the bucket. That money mostly goes to flesh out laboratories with fancy equipment and pay for research assistants.

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