However, the president and the provost were censured by the faculty senate vote -- not for for what they did wrong (i.e., waiting too long to clear the encampments), but for what they did right.
In general, I'm quite pessimistic, because I think the core of the problem is that a significant number of faculty, particularly in the humanities, support disruptive protests in the service of vilifying Israel. These faculty will continue to try to indoctrinate students into a marxist oppressor/oppressed world view long after the current war ends.
Some are indeed anti-Israel: Claudine Gay and the troll from Cornell, to name two. Very possibly Liz McGill as well. But the rest are merely spineless. I don't see them as evil, but they are genuinely useless.
USC has done not so bad -- see here:
https://voicesagainstantisemitism.substack.com/p/newsletter-may-6-2024
However, the president and the provost were censured by the faculty senate vote -- not for for what they did wrong (i.e., waiting too long to clear the encampments), but for what they did right.
Evergreen, unsurprisingly, is hands-down worst of the bunch, and it is not remotely close.
Chicago provides the best response, and it also is not close.
A few comments that I wrote over the past week or so:
https://carolinacurmudgeon.substack.com/p/what-is-the-purpose-of-a-university
https://carolinacurmudgeon.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-two-universities-ben-sasse
In general, I'm quite pessimistic, because I think the core of the problem is that a significant number of faculty, particularly in the humanities, support disruptive protests in the service of vilifying Israel. These faculty will continue to try to indoctrinate students into a marxist oppressor/oppressed world view long after the current war ends.
Some are indeed anti-Israel: Claudine Gay and the troll from Cornell, to name two. Very possibly Liz McGill as well. But the rest are merely spineless. I don't see them as evil, but they are genuinely useless.