Adam Harris

When people say that they don't trust higher education, they don't mean their local community college. They don't mean the public regional down the road. They mean Harvard and Columbia because it seems like an unattainable place where the elites are developed anyway. And so... Over the last two years, really, you've seen these attacks on Columbia and how they've handled anti-Semitism on campus.

When people say that they don't trust higher education, they don't mean their local community college. They don't mean the public regional down the road. They mean Harvard and Columbia because it seems like an unattainable place where the elites are developed anyway. And so... Over the last two years, really, you've seen these attacks on Columbia and how they've handled anti-Semitism on campus.

When people say that they don't trust higher education, they don't mean their local community college. They don't mean the public regional down the road. They mean Harvard and Columbia because it seems like an unattainable place where the elites are developed anyway. And so... Over the last two years, really, you've seen these attacks on Columbia and how they've handled anti-Semitism on campus.

Or you've seen attacks on Columbia and what they're teaching to students. And the imperfect plaintiff nature of Columbia makes it easier to say, well— Everyone has said you're not handling this well, so let's go ahead and remove your funding. And it would be one thing if they sort of stopped at Columbia.

Or you've seen attacks on Columbia and what they're teaching to students. And the imperfect plaintiff nature of Columbia makes it easier to say, well— Everyone has said you're not handling this well, so let's go ahead and remove your funding. And it would be one thing if they sort of stopped at Columbia.

Or you've seen attacks on Columbia and what they're teaching to students. And the imperfect plaintiff nature of Columbia makes it easier to say, well— Everyone has said you're not handling this well, so let's go ahead and remove your funding. And it would be one thing if they sort of stopped at Columbia.

It would be one thing if they came into office, did a long investigation into what's going on, because that's typically what happens, right? As someone who's covered the education department for the last, you know, seven, eight years, anytime you have a Title VI investigation in cases of discrimination, those typically take months, if not years, to complete.

It would be one thing if they came into office, did a long investigation into what's going on, because that's typically what happens, right? As someone who's covered the education department for the last, you know, seven, eight years, anytime you have a Title VI investigation in cases of discrimination, those typically take months, if not years, to complete.

It would be one thing if they came into office, did a long investigation into what's going on, because that's typically what happens, right? As someone who's covered the education department for the last, you know, seven, eight years, anytime you have a Title VI investigation in cases of discrimination, those typically take months, if not years, to complete.

And upon their completion, the removal of funds has never really been on the table.

And upon their completion, the removal of funds has never really been on the table.

And upon their completion, the removal of funds has never really been on the table.

Yeah. So in that piece that I mentioned from December, the argument was you remove the funding from Columbia in order to scare other institutions into compliance. And if those institutions don't immediately comply, then they also know that, well, I can get my funding taken away, too. We have seen now $150 million away from Penn within days, right?

Yeah. So in that piece that I mentioned from December, the argument was you remove the funding from Columbia in order to scare other institutions into compliance. And if those institutions don't immediately comply, then they also know that, well, I can get my funding taken away, too. We have seen now $150 million away from Penn within days, right?

Yeah. So in that piece that I mentioned from December, the argument was you remove the funding from Columbia in order to scare other institutions into compliance. And if those institutions don't immediately comply, then they also know that, well, I can get my funding taken away, too. We have seen now $150 million away from Penn within days, right?

At least paused at Penn within days of launching or announcing an investigation there. And so it's really these timelines just don't necessarily comport, one, with the way things are done, but they also don't comport with a proper or legitimate investigation given the amount of staff they have now at the Department of Education.

At least paused at Penn within days of launching or announcing an investigation there. And so it's really these timelines just don't necessarily comport, one, with the way things are done, but they also don't comport with a proper or legitimate investigation given the amount of staff they have now at the Department of Education.

At least paused at Penn within days of launching or announcing an investigation there. And so it's really these timelines just don't necessarily comport, one, with the way things are done, but they also don't comport with a proper or legitimate investigation given the amount of staff they have now at the Department of Education.

Yeah, so there are a couple of various—it was interesting because the administration has gone farther than just saying, hey, you need to get everything in check, right? Figure it out, Columbia. They've actually given them a list of things that they could do in terms of disciplinary measures for students.

Yeah, so there are a couple of various—it was interesting because the administration has gone farther than just saying, hey, you need to get everything in check, right? Figure it out, Columbia. They've actually given them a list of things that they could do in terms of disciplinary measures for students.