Columbia University Tag

Another Billionaire Donor Deserts Columbia University Over Anti-Semitism

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 10, 2023 5 Comments

"To my deep regret, the reputation and integrity of Columbia University, and by extension Columbia Business School, have been significantly compromised by a moral cowardice that appears beyond repair"...

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Jewish Prof at Columbia U. Says He Would Not Allow His Children to Go There

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 04, 2023 7 Comments

"Having spent over 13 years building a close-knit community of like-minded liberals, I suddenly find myself abandoned."...

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Columbia University President Defends Students Who Supported Hamas

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 03, 2023 5 Comments

"We are grateful for the persistence and perseverance of the students, and their families, in the face of this harassment"...

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Columbia U. Profs Sign Letter Calling Hamas Attack a ‘Military Action,’ Defending Students Who Supported it

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 31, 2023 64 Comments

“if every political avenue available to Palestinians is blocked, we should not be surprised when resistance and violence break out”...

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Some of the People Defending Hamas Are Using the Same Argument the Nazis Tried After the Holocaust

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 28, 2023 16 Comments

"I am a historian (like Khalidi), interested in the origins of ideas and arguments. It turns out that Khalidi’s premier talking point has a very specific genesis."...

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Billionaire Leon Cooperman Will No Longer Donate to Columbia U. Over Pro-Hamas Protests

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 27, 2023 3 Comments

"These kids at the colleges have sh-- for brains"...

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Columbia U. Prof Calls Out Elite Schools for Harboring ‘Pro-Terror’ Student Groups on Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 24, 2023 12 Comments

“They were celebrating the rape of teenage girls at a music festival in the name of resistance. They were celebrating this and the president of the university is allowing these pro-terror student organizations to march on our campuses”...

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Law Firm Rescinds Job Offers to Three Law Students at Harvard and Columbia Over Pro-Hamas Controversy

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 18, 2023 5 Comments

“The views expressed in certain of the statements signed by law school student organizations in recent days are in direct contravention of our firm’s value system”...

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Israeli Student Assaulted Outside Library at Columbia University

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 13, 2023 4 Comments

"When officers arrived, they learned the man was involved in an argument with 19-year-old Maxwell Freidman of Brooklyn, over flyers he and friends posted with names and pictures of Israeli hostages captured by Hamas."...

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Columbia and Harvard Students, Deans Blame Israel for Hamas Terrorist Attack

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 10, 2023 21 Comments

Um, what: "The apartheid regime is the only one to blame."...

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Columbia Prof Wants Education System to Pay $2 Trillion in Reparations for Blacks

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 11, 2023 17 Comments

“school reforms punish us for being Black”...

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Columbia Law School Retracts Requirement for Applicants to Submit Video Statement After Scrutiny

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 02, 2023 25 Comments

“has all the hallmarks of a willful effort to evade the requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act”...

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Author Claims Columbia University Press Rejected His Book ‘for Being Too Pro-Police’

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 28, 2023 1 Comment

“Somebody familiar with the academic publishing business described it as unethical”...

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Faculty at Columbia University Divided Over Plan to Open a Center in Israel

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 10, 2023 4 Comments

“the aim of the Tel Aviv Global Center is to be inclusive, building partnerships across Israeli society, including Palestinians, and to provide access to all segments of the society”...

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Columbia Law Students Throw a Fit After Members of Federalist Society Meet With Justice Kavanaugh

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 05, 2023 50 Comments

"at least nine progressive student groups condemned the event and called on other students to protest"...

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Hillary Clinton Appears in Cringeworthy Video to Promote Her Upcoming Teaching Gig at Columbia University

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 24, 2023 35 Comments

"You know, when it comes to crisis situations you’ve always got to be prepared."...

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Hide the Ball: Columbia U Becomes First Ivy League School To Permanently Eliminate Required Standardized Admissions Testing

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 05, 2023 24 Comments

As affirmative action likely comes to an end later this SCOTUS term, higher ed will not give up its obsession with racial preferences, it'll just eliminate the key type of evidence relied upon by the Asian students in the Harvard case: Standardized test scores....

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Columbia University is First Ivy League School to Drop COVID Vaccine Mandate

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 03, 2023 1 Comment

"Columbia cited the declining case counts in New York City and nationwide as part of its justification for lifting its vaccine mandate."...

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