principal. what this is really about is the perception that universities are too liberal, especially elite institutions. this is on par with the attacks on dei and the attacks on affirmative action. following the playbook of what we have seen it new college in florida, for example. so the idea is supposed to be that we are laying the ground for these institutions to be something other than what they are perceived to be. well, these are also genius institutions. i teach opinion writing. i have students whose views are all across the spectrum, as you will find at this university, at the institution. republicans attend columbia too, in other words. shockingly, they do. i have actually taught a few, amazingly. but that is not, none of these issues of substance were on display there. this was a kind of theater in order to caricature the university to further an agenda
so this is, you know, part of, is on par with the attacks on dei. it s on par with the attacks on affirmative action. it s, you know, kind of following the playbook of what we ve seen happen at new college in florida, for instance. so the idea is supposed to be that we are, that laying the ground for these institutions to be something other than what they are perceived to be. now, these are also heterogeneous institutions. i teach opinion writing. i have students whose views are all across the spectrum. as you will find at this university, at the institution. republicans attend columbia too, in other words. shockingly enough, they do, yeah. and i ve actually taught a few, amazingly. but, but that s not what, you know, none of these issues of substance were on display there. this was a kind of theater, in order to caricature the university, to further an agenda of kind of making it more difficult for our institutions to function the way that they have great
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