Threatening to or actually removing federal funding is one thing, but this is absolutely bizarre:
> In a letter sent Thursday night, federal officials said the university must immediately place its Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies Department under “academic receivership for a minimum of five years.”
The federal government has no business trying to claim control of an academic department in a private institution (nor in public but state-owned institutions).
drooby 13 hours ago [-]
And where will all the right leaning folks concerned about the Twitter File's government suppression of speech be? Silence.. guaranteed silence...
Because they don't actually care about freedom or speech. Just their own speech.
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xqcgrek2 13 hours ago [-]
I don't understand why they are even trying to bail out Columbia. Cut off its funds and let the university either fund itself via its endowment or die.
timeon 13 hours ago [-]
> I don't understand
This level of comprehension is bit concerning.
techpineapple 13 hours ago [-]
I mean, because frankly, the administration can't tell them what to do if they don't re-offer the funds.
bdangubic 13 hours ago [-]
sure they can, they can close the school altogether, who will stop them in whatever they want to do? :)
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> In a letter sent Thursday night, federal officials said the university must immediately place its Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies Department under “academic receivership for a minimum of five years.”
The federal government has no business trying to claim control of an academic department in a private institution (nor in public but state-owned institutions).
Because they don't actually care about freedom or speech. Just their own speech.
This level of comprehension is bit concerning.