The University of Pittsburgh pauses its Ph.D. admissions process amid research funding uncertainty

Not Distance Learning, but....

Amid uncertainty about frozen research aid from the National Institutes of Health, the University of Pittsburgh has put its Ph.D. admissions on ice. The school confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution. The move comes as research universities across the country battle against the National Institutes of Health over a policy to reduce the funding cap for ancillary research expenses like building construction and maintenance as well as support staff. The policy would reduce the cap for those indirect research costs to 15%. Pitt’s current rate is 59%. A federal judge extended a temporary pause on implementation of that policy Friday. But Pitt’s decision to halt admissions was made earlier in the week.


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Further evidence of the purposeful dumbing down of American and the inexorable march towards becoming an idiocracy.

 

The price of eggs will probably go down in response to this, right?

 

Eggs are $12-$13 per dozen here in NYC. They have only increased in price since the EOs. Bodegas are starting to sell eggs individually here.

 

Here in the Midwest egg prices are not stupid... helps to be where the eggs actually come from.

At a farmers market last week I picked up 24 brown eggs for 2.50.

 

20 years in NoVa here. Agreed. I think you get what you pay for, though.

 

As others have stated, Farmers markets in the North East are primarily artisanal, with rare vegetable/fruit varieties, heirloom edible flora and fauna, and prices to match. Many of the farmers at the largest NYC farmers market promote that they accept SNAP (AKA food stamps), but I think it's mostly virtue signaling. Lots of chickens and ducks have been euthanized in New York state, which contributes to high prices.