Adam Harris
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Yes, there's a grand idea behind them.
Yes, there's a grand idea behind them.
Yes, there's a grand idea behind them.
Yeah, well, around December, actually, there was a piece that came out in the Washington Examiner by a conservative, you know, education scholar, Maxi Eden, who argued that Lyndon McMahon could do a couple of things upon being confirmed as the education secretary in order to overall higher education and to ensure that institutions sort of got into line.
Yeah, well, around December, actually, there was a piece that came out in the Washington Examiner by a conservative, you know, education scholar, Maxi Eden, who argued that Lyndon McMahon could do a couple of things upon being confirmed as the education secretary in order to overall higher education and to ensure that institutions sort of got into line.
Yeah, well, around December, actually, there was a piece that came out in the Washington Examiner by a conservative, you know, education scholar, Maxi Eden, who argued that Lyndon McMahon could do a couple of things upon being confirmed as the education secretary in order to overall higher education and to ensure that institutions sort of got into line.
And one of those things, he argued, was to take a prize scalp. A prize scalp. A prize scalp. And that's a quote unquote. And he said that institution would be Columbia University. that the administration should go after Columbia as hard as it can. If Columbia did not comply, it should remove its Title IV funds.
And one of those things, he argued, was to take a prize scalp. A prize scalp. A prize scalp. And that's a quote unquote. And he said that institution would be Columbia University. that the administration should go after Columbia as hard as it can. If Columbia did not comply, it should remove its Title IV funds.
And one of those things, he argued, was to take a prize scalp. A prize scalp. A prize scalp. And that's a quote unquote. And he said that institution would be Columbia University. that the administration should go after Columbia as hard as it can. If Columbia did not comply, it should remove its Title IV funds.
If Columbia did comply, then they should find another way, or they could find another way to remove funding from the institution. And so when one of the first institutions to receive a big hit on their funding, $400 million from Columbia, the first thing that came to my mind was, oh, this is a part of the playbook that they talked about in December.
If Columbia did comply, then they should find another way, or they could find another way to remove funding from the institution. And so when one of the first institutions to receive a big hit on their funding, $400 million from Columbia, the first thing that came to my mind was, oh, this is a part of the playbook that they talked about in December.
If Columbia did comply, then they should find another way, or they could find another way to remove funding from the institution. And so when one of the first institutions to receive a big hit on their funding, $400 million from Columbia, the first thing that came to my mind was, oh, this is a part of the playbook that they talked about in December.
Yeah, well, over the last, you know, year and a half, really since October 7th, when students started protesting the war in Gaza, Columbia has become the sort of poster child for the ways that higher education is doing things wrong, right?
Yeah, well, over the last, you know, year and a half, really since October 7th, when students started protesting the war in Gaza, Columbia has become the sort of poster child for the ways that higher education is doing things wrong, right?
Yeah, well, over the last, you know, year and a half, really since October 7th, when students started protesting the war in Gaza, Columbia has become the sort of poster child for the ways that higher education is doing things wrong, right?
Out of control. You know, the student protesters are controlling the institution. The leadership doesn't really have a wrangle on its faculty. There were criticisms of the curriculum. All of these things. And Columbia, right, and most Ivy League institutions aren't necessarily places where people are going to jump to defend them, right? These are places that have... multibillion-dollar endowments.
Out of control. You know, the student protesters are controlling the institution. The leadership doesn't really have a wrangle on its faculty. There were criticisms of the curriculum. All of these things. And Columbia, right, and most Ivy League institutions aren't necessarily places where people are going to jump to defend them, right? These are places that have... multibillion-dollar endowments.
Out of control. You know, the student protesters are controlling the institution. The leadership doesn't really have a wrangle on its faculty. There were criticisms of the curriculum. All of these things. And Columbia, right, and most Ivy League institutions aren't necessarily places where people are going to jump to defend them, right? These are places that have... multibillion-dollar endowments.