Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will teach diplomacy at Columbia University.
Columbia portrays the move as a new direction and acknowledges the fact that it caters to only leftist views. From The Wall Street Journal:
Mike Pompeo will take a post as a fellow at the school’s Institute of Global Politics. Columbia, like many elite schools, faces pressure from groups of alumni, donors and Trump to demonstrate openness to conservative ideas, robust debate and a sturdy defense of Jewish students from antisemitic harassment.Pompeo’s appointment reflects the school’s responsibility to engage in debate across differences, said Keren Yarhi-Milo, dean of Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs, which oversees the institute. She said it wasn’t a response to any specific political pressures and has been in the works for several months.“The Academy cannot be an ivory tower,” said Yarhi-Milo. “We should engage with the world because we learn a lot from engaging with practitioners with differing positions and ideologies who also ultimately can learn from us.”
Pompeo said in an interview, “I suspect that [Columbia’s] outreach was intentional in the sense that they were seeking to bring onto campus…someone with a view that is very different than most of the faculty on their staff.”
Yeah, I’ll believe it when I see it. Bringing in Pompeo is not going to change many minds.
Columbia became ground zero last spring with the anti-Israel campsites and protests. It did nothing to crack down on the students who let everyone know they want to wipe out Israel. Jewish students did not feel safe.
Instead of taking action, Columbia moved classes online and messed up everyone’s graduation.
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