Quote Originally Posted by Dane96 View Post
Close to $40 million, per annum...not inclusive of federal scholarship aid which, without question, is Federal Aid to The Citadel. The good news is that, much like Albany, most of the money is for cybersecurity and homeland security "research". Not on the chopping block right now. The $40 million translates to around 22% of The Citadel's total appropriated budget, per annum.

People getting all excited for the DOE getting blown up completely (and it definitely, without question, needed to be revamped to get rid of some absolutely poor spending), do not realize that Congressional appropriation for university funding is generally funneled through the DOE as the distribution body, along with NIH. The DOGE hits to NIH are having similar impacts to Universities.

I will post later about the realities of the "threats" of ending funding...it is being misconstrued by Matt and others.

Scholarships are not aid or subsidies. You can get ROTC scholarships at any school. I had to compete against student not only at The Citadel but against students all over. If the military want to have access to qualified officers, it uses scholarships as a tool for recruitment. I'll give you tuition aid is another thing entirely. We didn't have a lot of that when I went. If it is that much, it's too much. Costs need to be curtailed.