On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber reacted to Columbia University agreeing to demands from the Trump administration to keep federal money by stating that “I think once you make concessions once, it’s hard not to make them again.” And that while there are laws on antisemitism that have to be enforced, “there are right ways and wrong ways to go about that. And the wrong way to do it is to use federal funding as a cudgel to force concessions to academic freedom.”
“NewsHour’s” Jeffrey Brown asked, “I want to start with news that we’re both learning about right now, I believe, which is that Columbia University seems to have agreed to many of the demands from the Trump administration, in the hope of keeping that $400 million in research. What’s your response?”
Eisgruber answered, “Let me say, first of all, I have huge respect for Columbia University and tremendous respect for their President, Dr. Katrina Armstrong. So, I don’t want to be in the position of second-guessing a peer institution, particularly under circumstances where I’ve just learned about the agreement. What I will say is this:…
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