Rajiv Sethi – The Trump-Led Upheaval at Columbia

Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comVideo Links0:36 How Rajiv saw Trump’s assault on elite higher ed coming 4:26 The Trump administration’s legitimate complaints against higher ed 9:41 Rajiv: The crackdown on campus protest would have happened even without the October 7 protest 17:10 How test scores can marry merit and diversity on college campuses 21:06 Glenn: Doesn’t SFFA v. Harvard justify JD Vance’s criticisms of higher ed? 25:30 Columbia’s capitulation to the Trump administration 33:06 Columbia’s new measures against antisemitism 38:09 The opportunistic adoption of contested phrases 43:27 How bad is the antisemitism problem at Barnard and Columbia? 50:44 Who has the authority to police Columbia’s MESAAS scholars? 1:00:55 Facing the prospect of Trump-generated American brain drainRecorded March 23, 2025Links and ReadingsRajiv’s Substack, Imperfect InformationRajiv’s post April 2024 post, “Minority Report”FIRE’s 2024 Faculty SurveyRajiv’s post, “The Lion Hath Roared”The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s “Working Definition of Antisemitism”Eli Lake’s X post questioning the attempt to deport Mahmoud KhalilPreorder Glenn’s book, Self-CensorshipNoam Dworman moderates a debate between Eli Lake and Norman FinkelsteinLex Friedman hosts a debate between Norman Finkelstein, Mouin Rabbani, Benny Morris, and DestinyDworman interviews Rashid KhalidiHenry Louis Gates Jr. on Mari Matsuda’s Words That Wound: Critical Race Theory, Assaultive Speech, and the First AmendmentKiller Mike’s 2024 FIRE keynote This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe