Princeton’s president promises not to falter to Trump, but recognizes anti -Semitism on the campus
Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber recently told a New York Times journalist that he has identified “serious problems” with anti -Semitism on the Columbia University campus and even his. But he noticed that “is not appropriate” for the government Use its financing power to change the way universities lead their research, teaching or admissions.
Eisgruber sat on Wednesday with the presenter of the podcast “The Daily” Rachel Abrams to discuss freezing of research and anti -Semitism funding on university campuses.
Colleges and universities at national level have expressed concern for the president Donald Trump Investigate on the schools for alleged discrimination and anti-Semitic harassment, cutting federal funding for those who apparently have allowed anti-Israeli protests on the campus from the attack led by Hamas to Israel on October 7, 2023.
One of these schools was Columbia University, which changed its protest policies, has expanded its Jewish study program, has placed the school of the school of the school under new supervision and altered the disciplinary procedures of students to avoid losing $ 400 million in federal funding.
An air blow of demonstrators at Princeton University in Princeton, NJ (WTXF)
“We started seeing precipitous threats for the financing of flows at the beginning of the new presidential administration,” said Eisgruber in Abrams.
“Then a couple of weeks ago, something happened in Columbia who introduced a new very dangerous element, which is that the government has arrived, and without any apparent investigation, he said …” We will take away a pile of subsidies … and we will not restore them unless you do things like admissions. “
Trump Admin cuts $ 4 million in Princeton’s financing relating to climate research
Eisgruber discussed the importance of “academic freedom” before Abrams asked for the validity of the administration’s concerns about Anti -Semitism on university campuses.
Eisgruber recognized that “there were some serious problems with anti -Semitism in that campus” and said that opinion against anti -Semitism is “a fundamental responsibility for any president of the University and for any university”, but has accused the government of neglecting the right trial.
“They should allow universities to respond and offer their side of history,” he said. “And then they should implement, if they discover that there are violations, adequate remedies that are adapted to violations and the law.”
University Chapel on the Campus of the University of Princeton in Princeton, NJ (Oliver Morris/Getty Images)
They had the discussion while the items turbined on the Trump Administration who pursues a legal agreement or a decree of consent, which would have ordered Columbia University to respect the executive directives on the anti -Semitism from Trump.
Under ex President Joe BidenSeveral universities, including Brown and Rutgers, have signed similar decrees compared to anti -Semitic concerns after Hamas’ terrorist attack in Israeli, according to what reported by the Wall Street Journal.
However, when Abrams asked if Eisgruber would have made the cave if Trump said he would cut the loans unless a specific department had been placed under an academic reception, he said he would not make concessions.
“We wouldn’t do it,” he said. “We believe it would be illegal and we would conterrate him in court … I really think we all need to speak right now.”
People walking on the Princeton University campus (Istock)
The video shows the arrest of the Columbia Anti-Israel Ringleader Mahmoud Khalil
The episode was released one day after the news discovered that the Trump administration reduced $ 4 million in funding relating to climate research for Princeton University.
Princeton received $ 455 million in federal funding during the tax year 2024, which includes funding for the National Energy Department, which operates for the Government.
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“It is important for me to use my voice, and that’s why, in response to a number of your questions, I said: ‘Hey, I can tell you what is happening to Princeton, but I don’t think it’s Princeton. It concerns what is happening in the United States’,” said Eisgruber. “I think this would be much stronger if many more than my presidents were speaking.
“American universities (are) threatened.”
Eisgruber said that political changes are a “crisis for our country”.
And it remained adamant throughout the podcast that universities should not reflect the political ideology of the country.
Audrey Conklin of Fox News Digital has contributed to this relationship.
