WVU in the NYT

[Langue_doc]

Two recent articles in the NYT:

Slashing Its Budget, West Virginia University Asks, What Is Essential?
The state's flagship school will no longer teach world languages or creative writing — a sign, its president says, of the future at many public universities.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/18/us/west-virginia-university-budget-cuts-deficit.html?searchResultPosition=1

What Just Happened at West Virginia University Should Worry All of Us

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/20/opinion/west-virginia-university-cuts.html

[Anselm]

With the entire nation binge watching Netflix shows you would think that there would be more interest in creative writing.

[mythbuster]

Look at the writer's strike. No way would anyone go into creative writing right now.

[RatGuy]

Look at the writer's strike. No way would anyone go into creative writing right now.

I always assumed that Creative Writing was always going to be one of those majors that withstood market forces. Creative writer kids are gonna major in creative writing because that's who they are.

[dismalist]

I had occasion to know about a Writing major. It was always on the verge of getting closed down. Many additional specialized bits were attempted to save it. None succeeded. I always suggested a program in Grant Writing. Thankfully, it wasn't tried.

[Langue_doc]

Now that we have ChatGPT ...

[dismalist]

I had occasion to know about a Writing major. It was always on the verge of getting closed down. Many additional specialized bits were attempted to save it. None succeeded. I always suggested a program in Grant Writing. Thankfully, it wasn't tried.

Now that we have ChatGPT ...

Thank goodness I failed in giving advice. Apparently, grant applications are being automated. Here's instructions for non-profits

Auto grants for non-profits

Now we just need so-called AI to determine who gets the cash. :-)

[Hibush]

I had occasion to know about a Writing major. It was always on the verge of getting closed down. Many additional specialized bits were attempted to save it. None succeeded. I always suggested a program in Grant Writing. Thankfully, it wasn't tried.

Now that we have ChatGPT ...

Thank goodness I failed in giving advice. Apparently, grant applications are being automated. Here's instructions for non-profits

Auto grants for non-profits

Now we just need so-called AI to determine who gets the cash. :-)

An AI grant revew panel would work very quickly, reduing the enormous time lag between application and award decision. If the same training set is used on the writing AI and the reviewing AI, the process would become very efficient. The award percentage would get depressingly low though.