Rajiv Sethi – The Trump-Led Upheaval at Columbia

<p>Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com</p><p><strong>Video Links</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDTK4RnOWdU&#38;t=36s" target="_blank">0:36</a> How Rajiv saw Trump’s assault on elite higher ed coming </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDTK4RnOWdU&#38;t=266s" target="_blank">4:26</a> The Trump administration’s legitimate complaints against higher ed </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDTK4RnOWdU&#38;t=581s" target="_blank">9:41</a> Rajiv: The crackdown on campus protest would have happened even without the October 7 protest </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDTK4RnOWdU&#38;t=1030s" target="_blank">17:10</a> How test scores can marry merit and diversity on college campuses </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDTK4RnOWdU&#38;t=1266s" target="_blank">21:06</a> Glenn: Doesn’t <em>SFFA v. Harvard</em> justify JD Vance’s criticisms of higher ed? </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDTK4RnOWdU&#38;t=1530s" target="_blank">25:30</a> Columbia’s capitulation to the Trump administration </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDTK4RnOWdU&#38;t=1986s" target="_blank">33:06</a> Columbia’s new measures against antisemitism </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDTK4RnOWdU&#38;t=2289s" target="_blank">38:09</a> The opportunistic adoption of contested phrases </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDTK4RnOWdU&#38;t=2607s" target="_blank">43:27</a> How bad is the antisemitism problem at Barnard and Columbia? </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDTK4RnOWdU&#38;t=3044s" target="_blank">50:44</a> Who has the authority to police Columbia’s MESAAS scholars? </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDTK4RnOWdU&#38;t=3655s" target="_blank">1:00:55</a> Facing the prospect of Trump-generated American brain drain</p><p>Recorded March 23, 2025</p><p><strong>Links and Readings</strong></p><p><a href="https://rajivsethi.substack.com/" target="_blank">Rajiv’s Substack, </a><a href="https://rajivsethi.substack.com/" target="_blank"><em>Imperfect Information</em></a></p><p><a href="https://rajivsethi.substack.com/p/minority-report" target="_blank">Rajiv’s post April 2024 post, “Minority Report”</a></p><p><a href="https://www.thefire.org/facultyreport" target="_blank">FIRE’s 2024 Faculty Survey</a></p><p><a href="https://rajivsethi.substack.com/p/the-lion-hath-roared" target="_blank">Rajiv’s post, “The Lion Hath Roared”</a></p><p><a href="https://holocaustremembrance.com/resources/working-definition-antisemitism" target="_blank">The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s “Working Definition of Antisemitism”</a></p><p><a href="https://x.com/EliLake/status/1900922270094164244" target="_blank">Eli Lake’s X post questioning the attempt to deport Mahmoud Khalil</a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Self-Censorship-Glenn-C-Loury/dp/1509567402" target="_blank">Preorder Glenn’s book, </a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Self-Censorship-Glenn-C-Loury/dp/1509567402" target="_blank"><em>Self-Censorship</em></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzjicdi3O0o" target="_blank">Noam Dworman moderates a debate between Eli Lake and Norman Finkelstein</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X_KdkoGxSs" target="_blank">Lex Friedman hosts a debate between Norman Finkelstein, Mouin Rabbani, Benny Morris, and Destiny</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/CO2SYnbWYM8" target="_blank">Dworman interviews Rashid Khalidi</a></p><p><a href="https://web.stanford.edu/class/polisci92n/readings/nov.20.1.gates.pdf" target="_blank">Henry Louis Gates Jr. on Mari Matsuda’s </a><a href="https://web.stanford.edu/class/polisci92n/readings/nov.20.1.gates.pdf" target="_blank"><em>Words That Wound: Critical Race Theory, Assaultive Speech, and the First Amendment</em></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBuXYtmQ8mw" target="_blank">Killer Mike’s 2024 FIRE keynote</a></p><p></p> <br /><br />This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">glennloury.substack.com/subscribe</a>