Almost every person in the TFA was a woman. The men:
1) the long dead, Mr. Pilates
2) a male influencer.

Also, men make purchases for women, rarely do women purchase for men.

Nevermind. https://news.slashdot.org/comm... makes too many valid points.

I'm willing to let this slide, *IF* the extra time, and why, is disclosed to the universities.

It's simple. Some people have no foundation for their beliefs. They believe what those around them believe as form of camouflage.
When a person (or an AI) challenges that person to defend their beliefs, they immediately crumble. What makes an AI different, is that it doesn't care. It doesn't gloat, or feel victorious, or have a stake in winning an argument--and humans can sense this. The AI also has near infinite patience.

Means test entry into public (government run) schools. Only indigents may enroll. Then, eliminate school buses.

It's a statue reminding Detroit of the fabulous dystopia it could have been, rather than ghost town dystopia it became.

CAFE standards and testing have a shoddy basis in science. The standards need more than a rollback, but a complete rewrite.

Plato was wrong about almost everything. Philosophers supported his teachings because he wanted a government ruled by philosophers. His supporters held back science in Europe for a thousand years. Best thing out the Great Schism (1054) was dumping him from recommended reading.

1) Non-disclosed lobbying.
2) Interference with elections.

The factions (sub political parties) which perceive that a loss in their power is attributable to 1 or 2, will want non-violent revenge.

... for the standardized flags and options taskforce?

Lemme fix that for you.

China: Is desperately *trying* to control it's people. It will lie, cheat, steal, arrest, re-educate, and commit murder to keep them from revolting.

USA: Is a complex constitutional republic with a multitude of factions.
Fortunately it can fight 2 wars with one hand tied behind its back.

China: Their power is tofu dregs and bluffing. Their economy is imploding, and they might do something stupid--like start a war.

USA: Having internal squabbles, like normal. Dear rest of world: FAFO.

Hahahahahahahahahahahah.
Wait, you were serious?
Let me laugh *EVEN HARDER*.

China's tofu military is out-funded and out-classed by its internal security forces. That's the true power in China--and it's aimed at the Chinese people.

Now tell us how many will work when used.

1) How many credit hours will be taught by tenured faculty vs $1000-per-credit-hour adjuncts?
2) Faculty don't want to administer their departments (or other departments), so they outsource to non-educators. Work-study? Graduate students? Nope. Bureaucrats can't build private empires with students.
3) Most textbooks are over-priced rip-offs. Most undergraduate classes don't teach cutting edge, so older text books are fine.
4) Graduate school is a special form of hell (eg https://acoup.blog/2021/10/01/...).
5) Universities don't eat their own food. New logo? Use the Fine Arts department? Hell no, we're spending money on Madison Avenue. New Building? Use Architecture department? Surely you jest!
6) The university president isn't an educator, but chosen on fund-raising ability.
7) The faculty and staff dream of a multi-billion dollar endowment, like Harvard (see 6). The idea is that they can do whatever they want, college market be damned.
8) Very few athletic departments make money. Now I'm prepared to call the net expense "advertising". But how many (additional) applications is the college receiving for this "advertising".

Reminds me of a video of a Chinese CNC supplier having to reposes machines when the customers stopped making payments; and the supplier is having trouble selling off this lightly used inventory.