It seems to me the plan is based on several assumptions which actually do not hold
Effective altruism wants to grow the number of its members faster. It seems there was something like an attempt to deliberately slow down, limit outreach, international expansion, etc. based on problems with too fast expansion like coordination or diluted knowledge. The academy would likely help with such problems, but generally there is likely not such a strong urge to create new EAs now as you feel.
If EA wants to grow faster, there are cheaper ways.
There seems to be a persistent misconception in the community about how likely is it to get “initial grants” from OPP.
That said, something like EA Academy is a format which may be wort to explore some time in the future. (Other people thought about the idea before)
It seems to me the plan is based on several assumptions which actually do not hold
Effective altruism wants to grow the number of its members faster. It seems there was something like an attempt to deliberately slow down, limit outreach, international expansion, etc. based on problems with too fast expansion like coordination or diluted knowledge. The academy would likely help with such problems, but generally there is likely not such a strong urge to create new EAs now as you feel.
If EA wants to grow faster, there are cheaper ways.
There seems to be a persistent misconception in the community about how likely is it to get “initial grants” from OPP.
That said, something like EA Academy is a format which may be wort to explore some time in the future. (Other people thought about the idea before)