hopefully, some of us will stay and fight

If you think this is a good idea, repost and lets start planning.

7/8...If we can diminish the ability of this administration to make academics into scapegoats and bogeymen, we will be doing a broader service. Its time to coordinate our efforts and raise one voice, while recognizing the unique issues that face each of our communities.

6/8...But the truth is so much more righteous than the evils imagined by those that distrust. Let's make it clear to to all who will listen that we are trying to do good, not just for ourselves, but for our communities and our country...

5/8 ...How should admissions decisions be made? How should the need to air differing opinions be balanced? We may not like everything we hear, but we should listen.
For some of us, being transparent may be painful. Some universities have large endowments and many privileged students...

4/8...There has been a deafening silence from academia, almost as if we are ashamed of what we do. We are not ashamed. We are doing the right thing.
We should invite them in. And we should listen. We should listen to what our communities have to say. How should financial aid be apportioned? ...

3/8...learn about great works of art and literature and about the history of this great country and of our neighbors in the world. Here is where they learn about philosophy and business and engineering. Do you really want to close these doors?

We should do it soon, in May or June...

2/8...here is where the tuition money goes, here are the labs where the cancer and Alzheimer's research is done. This is how research is funded. These are the members of the community we employ. This is the wage structure across the organization. Here are the classrooms where our young people...

1/8 Copy of prior post, not shared with this group:
Now is the time for a National Teach-In. Not for students, for the whole community. Colleges and universities need to make the case to our communities of our value. We should invite the community in, open up the books, let them know: ...

You are so right. My question is, how can the many diverse constituencies hurt by Trump policies synergize? Its great for there to be a thousand small protests over AID, Science, Climate, corruption, Putin/Ukraine, middle east policy, tesla/DOGE/Musk etc. But how do we bring this all together?

2/2 But like many schools without medical schools (e.g. Brandeis, Rice, Caltech, MIT) it relies heavily on federal research funding. So its not like they have nothin to lose. Importantly, the attacks on academia are broad based. They are eager to get everybody. Eisgruber is being brave.

1/2: The principle is true, but the facts are misleading. Not only does Princeton not have a completely over-leveraged medical school like Columbia, Hopkins, Harvard and the UCs, it also is one of the oldest and richest (endowment per student) Universities in the country.

You can do what's right or you can do what you are told,
And the prize of the victory will belong to the bold,
Yes, these are the days of decision.

Shame on Giorgia Meloni and the other Camp Hobbit types for co-opting this great work.

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