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I guess it's not shocking that a private university cares more about Israeli money than their student body.
I'm more concerned about the public ones, which are not even trying to negotiate and putting snipers on nearby rooftops.
Excuse me, Columbia, but you’re not getting the message.
Israel will be starved of USA funding once the boomers are gone. The kids see what’s going on.
I wish that was true, but there are plenty of young people who feel the same way.
Yeah, that attitude is how you find yourself not voting for Hillary because "Trump can't possibly win."
Columbus is being so, so brave here. Something so trivial as divesting from Isreali industries in the middle of a genocide is the hill they'll die on... so brave...
It's because they know that their donors will dry up if they don't keep on with the support. This is all about keeping very wealthy people happy at any cost.
"Noisy distraction"
Yeah, that's the point
One their enrollment and current student participation drops off a cliff, this will change. Lol negotiations have stalled? The protesters only want one thing!
I'm afraid that this is one of the places where you go to get the really super special diploma that says that you are specialler. The average person there has a rich daddy writing checks for tuition. You go there for the pedigree, not the education (though one presumes that the education is at a high level).
With luck, the next generation will get it just a little better.
Which then begs the question: If everyone's rich daddies are paying tuition, why quibble about the divestment?
The economics of universities is such that tuition is only the tiniest part of all funding, typically less than 10%. The majority will come from grants, the state (if a public university), and donations. Students only contribute the tiniest amount of total costs.
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