Yup. Also: -Prez who have signed: now 480. -Stanford daintily says that its "previous statements" should suffice. -Dartmouth has put out meek "our critics have some good points" message, similar to initial one from Harvard. But H followed with its clear "Hell no!" blast. D, you have another chance - ThreadSky

jfallows.bsky.social • 3 days ago

Yup. Also:
-Prez who have signed: now 480.
-Stanford daintily says that its "previous statements" should suffice.
-Dartmouth has put out meek "our critics have some good points" message, similar to initial one from Harvard. But H followed with its clear "Hell no!" blast.
D, you have another chance

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U Nebraska has the guts to step up for higher education but my employer, Dartmouth, is insisting that we have something to learn from Trump’s critique. What say you, trustees @jaketapper.bsky.social & @nealkatyal.bsky.social?

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nparikh.org•3 days ago

Stanford’s statement is the most odd of all, completely neither here nor there.

jfallows.bsky.social•3 days ago

It's flat-out weak.

Just a guess, but: Don't think the father of Stanford's current prez would have responded in the same way, in his time as prez of Yale.

nparikh.org•3 days ago

It doesn’t make any sense either since it’s also not pacifying Trump to say they already said they support Harvard. Literally meaningless. I had a somewhat higher opinion of Levin but this is terrible. I am glad to see Columbia signed it.

nparikh.org•3 days ago

And good that my other alma mater, Penn, signed it.

smurfsup.bsky.social•3 days ago

Exactly. It’s almost as though they’re willing to say X (their Harvard support letter), but unwilling to join a *collective* saying much the same thing. Hmmm… yeah, that tracks; S is the Exceptional of the exceptional, don’tcha know…

sarahelawton.bsky.social•3 days ago

Really glad my alma mater (Williams) and current employer (UC Berkeley) are on there.

dlb52.bsky.social•3 days ago

Sad that NC publics are not on that list.

delbertgseasons.bsky.social•3 days ago

Have distinguished Dartmouth alumni Dinesh D’Souza and Laura Ingraham weighed in

elliottholt.bsky.social•3 days ago

Dartmouth, Stanford, and UChicago need to sign

philipncohen.com•3 days ago

I note that at UMD our president is too afraid to say anything political now, but he did link to the letter. This shows the value of the collective action.

smurfsup.bsky.social•3 days ago

Good lord; both alma mater and last academic employer the most notable outliers. Was it something I said? 🤓

ardeewnc.bsky.social•3 days ago

Where is @vanderbilt.edu ?

demokrator.bsky.social•3 days ago

And still almost no state universities in the south, other than in Virginia. As a professor at a state university in the region, this is disappointing but not surprising.

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