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llmart

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3. Most Americans won't realize that this is happening...
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 06:45 AM
Jul 3

because you won't see it reported on our mainstream "news" shows. Also, most Americans can't grasp the concept of what researchers from other countries bring to the US when they agree to do research at our universities. I retired from a state university where I worked in faculty hiring. I met with every new researcher from countries all over this world and saw their CV's and experience they had in their specific areas of expertise. I got to know them personally, working with our legal department in assisting them with their visa process. Some of their backgrounds were so impressive and the research they were doing important. I clearly remember one particular young man of thirty from Korea who had done extensive research in the causes of macular degeneration which I had at that time just been diagnosed with.

This is something that goes on all across our country in our universities. This country was already falling behind in the academic area, but the GOP is doing everything they can to denigrate education in the US. They would rather idologize the dumbest president in our history who only got to where he is through fraud and theft and preying on the gullible.

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