Columbia University has failed to defend academic freedom & freedom of speech & allowed a great institution to be bullied & extorted into submission by an administration hellbent on contorting higher education to their will. The AAUP condemns this capitulation. We can & must fight back. - ThreadSky

aaup.bsky.social • 4 days ago

Columbia University has failed to defend academic freedom & freedom of speech & allowed a great institution to be bullied & extorted into submission by an administration hellbent on contorting higher education to their will.

The AAUP condemns this capitulation. We can & must fight back.

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njcnlr.bsky.social•3 days ago

Trump’s fascist regime is barreling toward another Kent State.

vickymn.bsky.social•3 days ago

I hope young men and women choose other than Columbia, where freedom of speech is encouraged.

eldermuse.bsky.social•3 days ago

Columbia caved and that does not bode well for the rest of the academy. And who says he really will restore the funding. He has perfected the art of extortion and jerks off on firing people.

brentbradshaw.bsky.social•4 days ago

all too easy

shatzi.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yes, sadly

zachhensel.bsky.social•3 days ago

It would be good to recognize universities who are supporting your lawsuit (hopefully that’s not an empty list)

serevi.bsky.social•2 days ago

It would appear that this Administration violated Title VI of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/oasam/regulatory/statutes/title-vi-civil-rights-act-of-1964

rowyourbot.bsky.social•3 days ago

This stain will never wash off. Betraying everything you said you stood for? Betyaying every student that ever attended.

jvarrige.bsky.social•3 days ago

Another chance to fight back lost, instead capitulation. What a great institution this used to be.

natusm.bsky.social•3 days ago

*formerly* great

yblent.bsky.social•3 days ago

If other universities don’t want Columbia to be the first domino, they need to separate themselves from Columbia and make clear they are no longer members in good standing of the club of real universities. Suspend accreditation, no more borrow direct, etc. Basically BDS, but for Columbia.

yojimborice.bsky.social•4 days ago

what if the professors there just bailed from their employment there? im sure other more deserving universities would appreciate them

lellyp.bsky.social•3 days ago

It is literally the inverse of Mau Zedong's Cultural Revolution.

dmartinfahey.bsky.social•3 days ago

To be fair, it is Congress who has capitulated to this extortion. They authorized this funding and need to hold the FOTUS accountable for it.
$400m is like a gun to the head. What choice is there?

wordbird20.bsky.social•3 days ago

I am ashamed to wear my Columbia cowl at commencement this year.

wingedhussar.bsky.social•3 days ago

You could just go with all black. Especially if you'll have an opportunity to explain why.

waterloo45.bsky.social•3 days ago

Don't send your children there look outside us

redandelion.bsky.social•3 days ago

The demands are just going to escalate until Columbia is either shut down or converted into a mouthpiece for MAGA. They shouldn’t have given in to the first one

cincocento.bsky.social•3 days ago

You cannot negotiate with terrorists.

jupitess.bsky.social•3 days ago

So much fir being a great institution moving forward. They gave up their integrity for money, they are no different that the oligarchs threatening them!

tom58warnke.bsky.social•3 days ago

I hear there's a move afoot for all holding Columbia degrees to rip them up. I would if I'd ever bothered to pick mine up. Shameful and cowardly.

docchrisnagel.bsky.social•3 days ago

Columbia? Really? So what else is new?

fastbreak78.bsky.social•3 days ago

Federal funding will be stripped anyway.

lynn0805.bsky.social•3 days ago

Trump is a cleptocrate , an enemy of the free world
Worse than anything we've ever experienced

terrycmk.bsky.social•3 days ago

How the mighty fall.

techqueen2360.bsky.social•3 days ago

They don't have a big enough endowment to cover that? BS.

techqueen2360.bsky.social•3 days ago

By the way, their endowment is 13.6 billion.

intellichick.bsky.social•8 days ago

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil...

sutherla.bsky.social•3 days ago

Which foreign student would now study at Columbia or which foreign professor would work there? It is now America Alone.

katehemion.bsky.social•3 days ago

I expected better from Columbia.

scottwilliams9.bsky.social•3 days ago

This is giving up on the role of the academy - period.

makeitgood.bsky.social•3 days ago

Shame on you! #standuptobullies!!

suzannehagedorn.bsky.social•3 days ago

The students at my university held a walkout this past Wednesday to protest the Trump/Musk administration's policies. I wonder whether Columbia students will hold a similar protest to object to their administration's craven capitulation to the government's demands.

enwb7017.bsky.social•3 days ago

My daughter is a freshman at Columbia. She is angry & 💔 . She returns Sunday from spring break. I have told her to join any protest. Wear a mask. Help those students that feel fear. I will bail you out. Do not surrender your university to shame. Because without you, Columbia doesn’t exist.

csr-michael.bsky.social•3 days ago

May its name be infamous for all times.

sibil.bsky.social•4 days ago

They are not humanists; they are "institutionalists" and they think they are protecting the institution. They do not realize that, with their capitulation, they are, in fact, killing the thing they believe they are saving.

totesnhose.bsky.social•4 days ago

This⬆️. The democratic party would also benefit by learning that lesson. 30 years too late

rgrusin.bsky.social•3 days ago

Time to censure Columbia.

laurdunne.bsky.social•3 days ago

So much for a revered reputation. Bye bye.

newenglandmean.bsky.social•3 days ago

Students and professors should consider whether being associated to Columbia has a stain that will follow them?

nancym1.bsky.social•3 days ago

Columbia will no longer be a sought after university. It will dwindle in notoriety. Nobody wants to have a degree from a soiled repute school

bethehecht.bsky.social•3 days ago

I hope Columbia students choose another school. #Resist

salbr29891.bsky.social•3 days ago

Let's call Columbia and tell them what we think. Parents who thought about Columbia as a possibility for their children, should let Columbia U. know that they have crossed them off their list of colleges.

aimkag.bsky.social•3 days ago

Alumni—you have a role to play, especially if you’re a regular donor. Speak up! Write op-eds. Stop giving them money and make sure they know why. Let them know their actions are devaluing the education YOU paid for.

cameronlmitchell.bsky.social•3 days ago

By collaborating with the Trump regime, Columbia University has showed they don't care about their students, faculty, or staff

They are cowards

Columbia University is in desperate need of leadership willing to fight for their community

@columbiauniversity.bsky.social

allyhartwell.bsky.social•4 days ago

#Resist

katillogical.bsky.social•3 days ago

And seriously, it's not because they need the money. STUPID venal rich folks are going to get us all killed.

michael45.bsky.social•3 days ago

Never give in to blackmail.

olivushkit.bsky.social•3 days ago

Tax dollars are not for him to blackmail Universities and States! #StopPayingFederalTaxes

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