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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Boy, we sure put that Black woman in her place. This whole thread disgusts me. [/quote]

This is clearly about a lot more than race, though, isn't it?

I mean, Liz Magill got run off first and Republicans are after MIT prez as well.[/quote]

DP. You are very astute, PP. It's not just about race (or anti-semitism, DEI, or academic standards, etc). The overarching theme here is the growing GOP attack on "elite universities." And that's not just my opinion. A GOP congressman said as much (see below). The congressional anti-semitism hearing was just the opening salvo.

[b]House Republicans have a long-term plan to strip elite universities of government funding and federal student loan dollars,[/b] Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., told a group of business leaders during a private Zoom call Friday.

Banks, an ally of former President Donald Trump, sits on the House Education Committee. The panel recently launched investigations into Harvard, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Pennsylvania. The probe announcements followed a Dec. 5 hearing at which leaders of Harvard, MIT and Penn struggled to clarify their positions on antisemitic speech on campus.

Banks told the business leaders the hearing was the first step in a larger effort to take on Ivy League schools. An audio recording of the call was provided to CNBC by an attendee who requested anonymity in order to share a private conversation.

“The second step is the investigation, the subpoenas, gathering all of the documents and the records from these universities to prove the point,” said Banks. “That they’re not just allowing this behavior to occur, they’re fostering it and creating an unsafe environment for Jewish students on their campus because of it,” he said.

“And once we prove it, third, [b]that’s when we defund these universities by cracking down on not backing their student loans, taxing their endowments and forcing the administration to actually conduct civil rights investigations[/b],” said Banks.

Banks’ frank description of lawmakers’ plans offers a previously unreported window into at least some members of Congress’ long-term goals with regard to at least two Ivy League universities and MIT, another elite university. The House Education Committee chair, Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., said in an interview on NewsNation that the committee is also looking at Columbia University and Cornell University.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/18/ivy-league-crackdown-house-republicans-plan-to-defund-top-universities.html[/quote]

[b]The bigger question is why the republicans despise the elite unies[/b]? If they want more conservative elite schools, they could form them. I suspect that the process of creating a reputable institution is too long and drawn out for people who have a reputation of impatience.  [/quote]

I have the same question. Doesn't make sense since so many of the GOP rising stars are themselves graduates of Ivy Leagues:

*Elise Stefanik, Harvard class of 2006
*Josh Hawley, Stanford class of 2002 and Yale law class of 2006
*Ted Cruz, Princeton class of 1992 and Harvard law class of 1995
*JD Vance, Yale Law class of 2013
*Tom Cotton, Harvard College 1998, Harvard Law 2002
*Ron DeSantis, Yale 2001, Harvard Law 2005

In fact, Republicans elected to the Senate over the last decade are more likely than their Democratic counterparts to have attended Harvard, Yale, Princeton or Stanford.[/quote]

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