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Description: Charles Fain Lehman, Rafael Mangual, Tal Fortgang, and Carolyn Gorman break down Columbia’s $200 million settlement with the Trump administration over campus antisemitism. The panel unpacks the findings of verbal abuse and ideological coercion that drove the deal, and asks whether this marks the collapse of DEI or just a strategic retreat by woke academia. They assess elite universities’ eroding credibility, the culture war gripping the Ivies, and the surge in donor revolts. Plus: the White House’s AI plan and whether innovation can survive in a post-trust world dominated by Big Tech and partisan algorithms.
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Charles F. Lehman: https://x.com/CharlesFLehman
Rafael A. Mangual: https://x.com/Rafa_Mangual
Carolyn Gorman: https://x.com/CarolynGorman_
Tal Fortgang: https://x.com/tal_fortgang
3:20 – DEI, Anti-Semitism, and Campus Accountability
8:50 – Suspensions, Expulsions, and Deterrence
15:30 – Donor Pressure and University Endowments
24:10 – Is Columbia a One-Off or a Model?
27:40 – White House AI Action Plan Overview
30:00 – AI, Deregulation, and National Competitiveness
39:30 – AI in Education and Workforce Impact
Description: Charles Fain Lehman, Rafael Mangual, Tal Fortgang, and Carolyn Gorman break down Columbia’s $200 million settlement with the Trump administration over campus antisemitism. The panel unpacks the findings of verbal abuse and ideological coercion that drove the deal, and asks whether this marks the collapse of DEI or just a strategic retreat by woke academia. They assess elite universities’ eroding credibility, the culture war gripping the Ivies, and the surge in donor revolts. Plus: the White House’s AI plan and whether innovation can survive in a post-trust world dominated by Big Tech and partisan algorithms.
Get the best of City Journal, delivered weekly:
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Charles F. Lehman: https://x.com/CharlesFLehman
Rafael A. Mangual: https://x.com/Rafa_Mangual
Carolyn Gorman: https://x.com/CarolynGorman_
Tal Fortgang: https://x.com/tal_fortgang
3:20 – DEI, Anti-Semitism, and Campus Accountability
8:50 – Suspensions, Expulsions, and Deterrence
15:30 – Donor Pressure and University Endowments
24:10 – Is Columbia a One-Off or a Model?
27:40 – White House AI Action Plan Overview
30:00 – AI, Deregulation, and National Competitiveness
39:30 – AI in Education and Workforce Impact
