Rachel Abrams
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Thank you. So President Eisgruber, first of all, Eisgruber, right?
Thank you. So President Eisgruber, first of all, Eisgruber, right?
Chris, we are talking to you about one week after the administration moved to suspend dozens of grants to Princeton, and that could be hundreds of millions of dollars potentially. And this, of course, follows the moves from the administration against other universities. We've seen it with Columbia. We've seen it with Harvard. And if this goes the same way that it's gone for other institutions—
Chris, we are talking to you about one week after the administration moved to suspend dozens of grants to Princeton, and that could be hundreds of millions of dollars potentially. And this, of course, follows the moves from the administration against other universities. We've seen it with Columbia. We've seen it with Harvard. And if this goes the same way that it's gone for other institutions—
What we could expect to see in the near future, if you haven't gotten it already, is a list of demands from the Trump administration, changes that they want to see from Princeton. So we want to talk to you today about how you're feeling about the choices that you have in front of you and what those choices even look like, practically speaking. But just to start off,
What we could expect to see in the near future, if you haven't gotten it already, is a list of demands from the Trump administration, changes that they want to see from Princeton. So we want to talk to you today about how you're feeling about the choices that you have in front of you and what those choices even look like, practically speaking. But just to start off,
I want to start this conversation with you maybe taking us back to the moment when, if you remember, when you realized that Princeton might actually be in trouble.
I want to start this conversation with you maybe taking us back to the moment when, if you remember, when you realized that Princeton might actually be in trouble.
Of course, with Colombia, what the Trump administration said was that its motivation for pulling Colombia's funding was this failure to root out anti-Semitism on campus. But in your mind, was that the motivation? Did that ring true to you? And what did you understand that action by the administration to truly be about with regards to Colombia? Yeah.
Of course, with Colombia, what the Trump administration said was that its motivation for pulling Colombia's funding was this failure to root out anti-Semitism on campus. But in your mind, was that the motivation? Did that ring true to you? And what did you understand that action by the administration to truly be about with regards to Colombia? Yeah.
Title IX, for example.
Title IX, for example.
So basically, you're viewing all of this. I'm just going to narrate a little bit for us here. You are seeing what's happening at Columbia. That's when you decide to write this op-ed in The Atlantic, right? That's correct. And you said that what the Trump administration is doing right now basically amounts to, quote, the greatest threat to American universities since the Red Scare of the 1950s.
So basically, you're viewing all of this. I'm just going to narrate a little bit for us here. You are seeing what's happening at Columbia. That's when you decide to write this op-ed in The Atlantic, right? That's correct. And you said that what the Trump administration is doing right now basically amounts to, quote, the greatest threat to American universities since the Red Scare of the 1950s.
Every American should be concerned. Can you tell us a little bit, why did you decide to write that op-ed, and what did you mean by that quote specifically? Yeah.
Every American should be concerned. Can you tell us a little bit, why did you decide to write that op-ed, and what did you mean by that quote specifically? Yeah.
Right. And so basically to say this another way, the administration may have said that these actions that they're taking are about anti-Semitism and rooting that out on campus.
Right. And so basically to say this another way, the administration may have said that these actions that they're taking are about anti-Semitism and rooting that out on campus.