Notes on Columbia University Governance and redistributed taxpayer funds

Larry Summers:

Based on what I have read and heard so far, the agreement reached between the Federal government and @Columbia is an excellent template for agreements with other institutions including @Harvard.

First, academic freedom is preserved as the University maintains academic autonomy.

Second, ongoing reform with respect to anti Semitism, maintenance of order, promoting merit-based admissions and hiring, and strengthening the commitment to intellectual excellence is reinforced and a framework for further reform is established.

Third, normality is restored with a return to normal funding patterns, availability of visas for foreign students and removal of legal overhangs.

I, like anyone, could quibble with aspects of the program and much will depend on what both Columbia and the government do in the future. But this may be the best day higher education has had in the last year.


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