Imagine a professor who thinks of her classroom—not as a place to inspire intellectual curiosity and learning—but as her own “best shot at power.” Here she is.

Which for many is what this is all about.

Who would have thought it.

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Doing the ‘Right Thing’ Is Not a Moral Compass, Cornell University. David Ackerman, via Minding The Campus. mindingthecampus.org/2025/07/07/doi…

The America First Policy Institute has filed a civil rights complaint against Cornell, alleging the Ivy League school has used DEI practices that the group says are discriminatory in its faculty hiring and student scholarships wsj.com/us-news/educat… via The Wall Street Journal

We’re proud to unveil the Manhattan Statement on Higher Education, which recapitulates the crisis of the universities and calls on President Trump to enact six principles for reform. The time for decisive action is now. thefp.com/p/the-presiden…

After his failed leadership at CUNY allowing antisemitism to rage on NY campuses to his disgraceful testimony at today’s hearing, I am calling on Governor Kathy Hochul to fire CUNY Chancellor Rodriguez. Kathy Hochul controls the CUNY Board of Trustees, which hires and fires the

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...how about Cornell University?

Getting a copy.

How Strong Is the Ivy League Curriculum? jamesgmartin.center/2025/07/how-st… via The Martin Center

BREAKING: Cornell University Renames Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives to Office of Academic Discovery and Impact, via The Cornell Daily Sun cornellsun.com/?utm_campaign=…

BREAKING: Cornell University Reportedly Nears Up to $100 Million Settlement With Trump Admin to Restore Frozen Federal Funding, via The Cornell Daily Sun cornellsun.com/article/2025/0…

At NIH, we want a culture where people can discuss and disagree about ideas without trying to destroy the person for having those ideas. There should not be an orthodoxy in science that determines truth. Read more in my interview with reason how dissent in science must be

Cornell Joins Growing List of Universities Opting To Rebrand, Rather Than Retract, DEI Offices 📰 via The New York Sun nysun.com/article/cornel…

Nonprofit asks House ed panel to protect Jewish grad students from antisemitic union jns.org/nonprofit-asks… via Jewish News Syndicate cc. Bill Ackman

🧠 Academia isn't just where we learn, but where we learn how to change our minds. How are you helping students practice this skill?

Former Harvard President Derek Bok on political divestment efforts in 1991: “Universities can hardly claim the right to be free from external pressure if they insist on launching campaigns to force outside organizations to behave as their students and faculties think best.

Here, Alessandro Strumia and Lawrence M. Krauss remind us, the arXiv.org had acted illiberally by preventing the former's peer-reviewed scientific bibliometrics study to appear. The arXiv.org is based at Cornell University, yet another un-American institution. Cornell Free Speech Alliance direct.mit.edu/qss/article/2/…