Princeton president Christopher L. Eisgruber: “The attack on Columbia is a radical threat to scholarly excellence and to America’s leadership in research. Universities and their leaders should speak up and litigate forcefully to protect their rights.” theatln.tc/9MMrKDHy - ThreadSky

evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com • 1 day ago

Princeton president Christopher L. Eisgruber: “The attack on Columbia is a radical threat to scholarly excellence and to America’s leadership in research. Universities and their leaders should speak up and litigate forcefully to protect their rights.” https://theatln.tc/9MMrKDHy

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lauralight.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you, Princeton! I know if I was a young, brilliant student choosing where to get my education, I would choose the school who understood how important freedom of speech is to individuals and institutions!

dechardin.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trump attacks universities & professors, calling them “enemies”!
Both teach …
Truth - the enemy of lies
Education - the enemy of ignorance
Justice - the enemy of oppression
Science - the enemy of quackery
Reason - the enemy of conspiracy theories
Isn’t it obvious?
All are threats to the Mad King

uppaalaska.bsky.social•1 day ago

We must shut down the country on 3/22-23 for 48 hours, and again on 3/25-27 for 72 hours. Stop work as you can, call in sick, take 1/2days off, come in late, take long lunches, leave early. We must work stop our airlines, trucking, transportation and retail and industrial manufacturing.

countryfarm.bsky.social•1 day ago

Totally agree

haddenmart.bsky.social•1 day ago

But you also should chide Columbia for their capitulation to the orange 💩

bob0colo.bsky.social•1 day ago

?? Election of Anti science Republicans for a few generations and then the Heritage Foundation Inquisition will soon shut down that Scholarly Excellence Bumper Sticker. Hum.. Newspeak ...'Scholarly Excellence' ???

littleluigi.bsky.social•1 day ago

Let's Delete ELON.

cranberryhorn.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lisa-murkowski-trump_n_67dae621e4b0c1e54308eb98?utm_campaign=bluesky_feed

wilderon.bsky.social•8 hours ago

annabusybee.bsky.social•1 day ago

That took some time. Too late I guess because European universities are already luring them with special visas and research projects.

angry12.bsky.social•1 day ago

Hopefully the universities will show some solidarity, unlike the stupid press. There is strength in numbers. Our press missed an opportunity to regain their power when they did not support the AP. No one should’ve covered the president until AP’s privileges were restored.

sickofelon.bsky.social•1 day ago

Share it on TikTok!
We need more pushback on the right wing propagandists!
Get the word out everywhere to everyone…even TikTok!!
#BuildtheResistance
#WakeupAmerica
BUZZZZ

0verdog-underlord.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Every American should run these fascist fucks out of power and into their respective graves.

experimental22.bsky.social•1 day ago

Universities will stand together or fall together. Now is the moment. They have enormous, influential, wealthy donor bases and should be mobilizing them to fight the MAGA Nazi attacks on higher education.

emilyinthelibrary.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/3/14/enos-levitsky-harvard-columbia-trump/

tjotz.bsky.social•1 day ago

About time bastion’s of higher learning in the country speak out against the most illiterate buffoon and his administration.

leoro.bsky.social•1 day ago

I don't have a problem with not hosting terrorism supporters when you want federal money.

This is a dumb hill to die on.

luckiiyu7.bsky.social•1 day ago

This administration is so low IQ that they want everyone to be as dumb as they are.

unglamb.bsky.social•1 day ago

The attacks on Columbia University are just the beginning. They will come after every higher learning institution.

giantsigh.bsky.social•1 day ago

Already coming after UPenn
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/us/politics/trump-to-pause-175-million-for-university-of-pennsylvania-over-transgender-policy.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

emilyinthelibrary.bsky.social•1 day ago

And Johns Hopkins

unclehatt.bsky.social•1 day ago

I'm an alum of a different Ivy League school, but I guess I'm donating to Princeton now. Finally, an effing pulse from one of these moribund institutions.

zachhensel.bsky.social•1 day ago

Right on https://bsky.app/profile/zachhensel.bsky.social/post/3lkrg6xxcls2x

maryklida.bsky.social•1 day ago

we are concerned. time for the universities to band together and litigate

bobseal.bsky.social•1 day ago

Congress works for wallstreet. SCOTUS is corrupt. Laws are ignored. University intellectuals sell out for money. the citizens consume mindless social media content and enjoy in their entitlements and ignorance. They become slaves. Oligarchs profit from slaves.

zmus.bsky.social•1 day ago

It's nice to see some university presidents speaking out about the attack on Columbia.

peggyfrompa.bsky.social•14 hours ago

And UPenn!

azistoohot.bsky.social•1 day ago

Universities need a union to represent their faculty, research and students.

halfcourtshot.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oh no they decide to fight back.

jackinec.bsky.social•1 day ago

Apparently, the MAGA concept of the First Amendment's right to free speech ends once one accepts government funding, after which the government gets to decide what you're allowed to say.

I'm pretty sure there aren't any such caveats in the Constitution for citizens or anyone else.

curator1967.bsky.social•1 day ago

About time! All University presidents should be speaking out.

jillco.bsky.social•1 day ago

New Jersey!

derekmacd18.bsky.social•1 day ago

Not just Americans, the rest of us are concerned too

jennifermagee.bsky.social•1 day ago

We can boycott them … alumni can stop donating to them … (although I do get that most ivy leagues are part of the billionaire class)

knowvak.bsky.social•1 day ago

Didn't Columbia U turn in Khalil to ICE themselves?

emilyinthelibrary.bsky.social•1 day ago

No - ICE frightened an immigrant super into letting them into his apartment building and they arrested him in the hallway

stellasrise21.bsky.social•1 day ago

A Jewish professor who was banned from campus for harassing people is the one who sent his image to Marco Rubio who then decided what happened next

ladycross.bsky.social•1 day ago

I have seen no litigation. Only knee bending. Disappointing.

kasparknusper.bsky.social•1 day ago

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You would reach more people, when you add a good description into the Alt-text field.

That is pretty easy, especially, when your image just contain text.

This way, you support visually impaired people and everyone else, who rely on a good filled Alt-text.

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gpthacker.bsky.social•1 day ago

Should but won’t. You all bend the knee to Trump and your rich donors.

blazinbobby81.bsky.social•8 hours ago

I don't understand why everyone in a position of power is so spineless when it comes to #Krasnov he's 80yrs old and about as intimidating as my grandpop. He's a bully and a pest and his litigation tactics usually fail and are reversed in court.

galswguitars.bsky.social•1 day ago

Princeton should follow the other colleges and announce free tuition if you get in. They want to destroy higher education for anybody but themselves. they want it to be a buy your way in institution that teaches only white washed white nationalism.

jkcreative8.bsky.social•1 day ago

The Ivy Leagues have produced a lot of fascists. Look at Congress.

bklynreader.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Princeton has offered that for quite some time.

sneakys.bsky.social•8 hours ago

The other ivies need to get together and kick Columbia out.

kcpetersen.bsky.social•1 day ago

I worked in higher education for 30 years. There is so much at stake. Praying presidents and boards act with courage.

beefreeferlives.bsky.social•1 day ago

Gee, looks like kow-towing to the fascists didn't work.

What a surprise... 🙄

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/13/pro-palestine-columbia-professor-katherine-franke

gvnmcly.bsky.social•1 day ago

But well prob cave just like them.

giantsigh.bsky.social•1 day ago

He just went after UPenn cutting funding
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/us/politics/trump-to-pause-175-million-for-university-of-pennsylvania-over-transgender-policy.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

appricot.bsky.social•1 day ago

Canada, Colombia, Columbia .... did they just randomly opened the dictionary on the letter "C" and started hating on random places.... man, it's a long alphabet

mia1916.bsky.social•1 day ago

And support each other!!! We win when we present a united front!!!

maceovive.bsky.social•1 day ago

Lesson: just like you don’t hire Mozart to paint the Sistine Chapel, don’t higher career bankers to run educational institutions.
Columbia is all self inflicted.

maceovive.bsky.social•1 day ago

Finally!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

platosidiot.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yeah antisemitism made America great, sure it did. Columbia's actions are indefensible.

stoicinthe314.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Resist!

eacamp.bsky.social•1 day ago

They are sitting on huge endowments. Some have very strict provisions on what they can be spent for, but if defending the core purpose and existence of the institution isn’t an excuse to override those provisions, I don’t know what is.

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