The Trump administration has delivered an extraordinary ultimatum to Columbia University, threatening to permanently end federal funding to the school unless it cedes control of an international studies department and implements sweeping changes to other policies.

The Trump administration brushed aside decades of precedent when it ordered Columbia University to oust the leadership of an academic department, a demand seen as a direct attack on academic freedom and a warning of what’s to come for other colleges facing federal scrutiny.

  • jonne@infosec.pub
    83·
    20 days ago

    Great job by leadership who thought that not standing up for student protestors would somehow protect them from reprisals.

  • notsoshaihulud@lemmy.world
    35·
    20 days ago

    Dr Shafiq’s case was a great example of how one should (not) to deal with MAGA. She literally did everything the GOP demanded of her. Then Mike Johnson still went on to demand her resignation. She called cops on students (HUGE mistake), fueled the flames of nationwide protests… Yet she ended up resigning. In contrast Dr Claudine Gay did not budge so she was academically assassinated and then they made her resign. UPenn’s president Dr Liz Magill was pressured to resign too. Which is telling how the free speech absolutist party suddenly uniformly got 3 ivy league university presidents resign/removed regardless of them doing what was demanded or not.

    And this is what will lead to the demise of trumpism: they make resistance way more worthwhile than compliance.

    • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      20 days ago

      There’s been hundreds of protests. The national media isn’t covering them but there have been protests in every state capital and major city. Republicans have stopped doing town halls. France is the size of Texas and Paris is a few hours (by train) from Marseille. Los Angeles is like a 6 hour flight from DC. It’s a lot harder to have one big protest here than in geographically smaller countries.

    • graycube@lemmy.world
      22·
      20 days ago

      Because they thrive on the attention and it is expensive, dangerous, and a complete waste of time.