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At its meeting this weekend, the Cornell Board of Trustees can continue on its current path and join the senior administration in doubling down on DEI, or it can choose another path that restores the fundamental values of equality, freedom of speech and expression, and open inquiry, and perhaps rescues the Cornell brand.

Jon Lindseth: "President Pollack and Provost Kotlikoff have allowed their headlong support for DEI policies to take root at the expense of the four essential pillars of Cornell University: 1) Open Inquiry; 2) Academic Freedom; 3) Viewpoint Diversity; and 4) Free Expression. This is an inexcusable violation of their fundamental duty to Cornell. Therefore, they should resign their positions effective immediately."

My appearance on The Daily Signal Podcast: "Conservatives have been purged from academia, as have pro-Israel professors .... So there is no internal opposition left on campuses. The faculty is approaching 100% anti-conservative and approaching 100% anti-Israel."

“The problem is not what some student put on his or her personal social media, as hateful as the statements may be, but the campus DEI culture that enables and encourages such hatred based on false oppressor-oppressed and decolonization narratives that leave Israel and Jews dehumanized."

CNBC notes not only cuts, but also scaling back of hiring: "By mid-2023, DEI-related job postings had declined 44% from the same time a year prior.... In November 2023, the last full month for which data was available, it dropped 23% year over year."