Columbia’s Shafik, and Other Ivy League Presidents, Turning Universities Into Factories for Social Activists, Suffer From Mission Confusion
Students are adept at shouting down their opponents, squaring off against cops and vandalizing buildings — but acquiring little knowledge and few reasoning skills during college.
Columbia University’s president, Nemat “Minouche” Shafik is urging university leaders across the country to do some “serious soul searching.” Good advice. She should start with her own soul. Shafik has the wrong idea about the purpose of a university.
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