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So I guess sort of to back up a little bit, the name of the task force is the Task Force to Combat Antisemitism. And the reason it was stood up is because Jewish students on campuses, particularly at Columbia and Harvard, were being harassed. They were getting screamed at on the way to class. And that's the focus of... the task force.

So I guess sort of to back up a little bit, the name of the task force is the Task Force to Combat Antisemitism. And the reason it was stood up is because Jewish students on campuses, particularly at Columbia and Harvard, were being harassed. They were getting screamed at on the way to class. And that's the focus of... the task force.

What Trump and folks in the task force are saying is that, listen, the universities have adopted an ideology that's so progressive and leans so far to the left that they've accepted these notions, which ultimately believe that Israel, Zionism is a form of racism and it's a settler colonial state that doesn't have a right to exist.

What Trump and folks in the task force are saying is that, listen, the universities have adopted an ideology that's so progressive and leans so far to the left that they've accepted these notions, which ultimately believe that Israel, Zionism is a form of racism and it's a settler colonial state that doesn't have a right to exist.

And so this way of thinking has led to people promoting Hamas and these groups that are at war with the United States. And so we have to create a more intellectually diverse environment and we have to make sure that folks who are enemies of America don't have a place in the university and they're not comfortable there. So universities are largely self-governing.

And so this way of thinking has led to people promoting Hamas and these groups that are at war with the United States. And so we have to create a more intellectually diverse environment and we have to make sure that folks who are enemies of America don't have a place in the university and they're not comfortable there. So universities are largely self-governing.

The faculty determines who is gonna be on the faculty, who is gonna get tenure, and they guard this jealously. They have the freedom to decide what to think, what to study, what to research. Other places don't have that. They have ministers of education, and there's more of a top-down approach that's bottom-up here.

The faculty determines who is gonna be on the faculty, who is gonna get tenure, and they guard this jealously. They have the freedom to decide what to think, what to study, what to research. Other places don't have that. They have ministers of education, and there's more of a top-down approach that's bottom-up here.

So if the government says, we want to be the ones who decide who's teaching, what you're teaching, then they're challenging this notion of academic freedom. And that's sacrosanct on college campuses. And that's why people are going crazy. This notion, Donald Trump or anybody else in the federal government gets to determine what should be on a curriculum, on a syllabus.

So if the government says, we want to be the ones who decide who's teaching, what you're teaching, then they're challenging this notion of academic freedom. And that's sacrosanct on college campuses. And that's why people are going crazy. This notion, Donald Trump or anybody else in the federal government gets to determine what should be on a curriculum, on a syllabus.

That's a First Amendment issue. So on the one hand, you've got overreach from the left. that squashed intellectual debate on college campuses because they said, we'll cancel you if you say certain things, if you believe certain things. And a lot of faculty were aligned with that. And now you've got the right coming in and saying, we're gonna take over and we're gonna be the ones who decide.

That's a First Amendment issue. So on the one hand, you've got overreach from the left. that squashed intellectual debate on college campuses because they said, we'll cancel you if you say certain things, if you believe certain things. And a lot of faculty were aligned with that. And now you've got the right coming in and saying, we're gonna take over and we're gonna be the ones who decide.

And so there's this sense of overreach from the right. But the university also has an obligation to regulate itself so that it is not so far out of touch with the American public in this case politically, that the support that the American public is giving them makes sense to the public. And so this disconnect is why this is happening.

And so there's this sense of overreach from the right. But the university also has an obligation to regulate itself so that it is not so far out of touch with the American public in this case politically, that the support that the American public is giving them makes sense to the public. And so this disconnect is why this is happening.

Thanks very much.

Thanks very much.

So international students who come to the US, granted that they only make up 6% of the total population enrolled in universities, their economic contributions is quite significant. We track that on a yearly basis. And for our most recent data, it's about $43 billion. And it's not only to universities, by the way.

So international students who come to the US, granted that they only make up 6% of the total population enrolled in universities, their economic contributions is quite significant. We track that on a yearly basis. And for our most recent data, it's about $43 billion. And it's not only to universities, by the way.

The 43 billions are to universities, but also to the local economy of where those universities are situated. And it's also over 300,000 jobs that are created as a result of international students coming to the US to study. Most of the students who come to study tends to be graduate students. They study generally in the STEM fields or in the business administration area.

The 43 billions are to universities, but also to the local economy of where those universities are situated. And it's also over 300,000 jobs that are created as a result of international students coming to the US to study. Most of the students who come to study tends to be graduate students. They study generally in the STEM fields or in the business administration area.