Rajiv Sethi – Will Trump Destroy Elite Universities?
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0:00 Columbia’s $221 million-deal with the Trump administration
4:11 Rajiv: The charges about antisemitism at Columbia are mostly pretextual
13:34 How is Columbia’s resolution monitor going to assess merit in admissions?
25:31 What really matters in college admissions?
29:47 Why Brown’s agreement differs from Columbia’s
34:16 Rajiv: If the Trump administration wants to destroy universities, it has the resources to do it
40:07 Is Columbia’s Middle East Studies department cooked?
43:15 Free speech is dying in universities and flourishing on podcasts (and Substack)
50:19 Is a full-scale antisemitic backlash on the way?
55:25 The question of genocide
59:45 The Gaza War’s historical legacy
Recorded August 1, 2025
Links and Readings
Rajiv’s post, “The Columbia Deal” at Imperfect Information
Rashid Khalidi’s open letter announcing the withdrawal of his course
Khalidi’s book The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017
Roland Fryer’s WSJ piece, “DEI Is Worth Saving from Its Excesses”
Glenn’s new book, Self-Censorship
Colin Wright’s WSJ piece, “Cornell University Discriminated against Me”
Dave Smith and Douglas Murray on the Joe Rogan Experience
Green Beret vet Tony Aguilar on the Tucker Carlson Show
Israeli journalist Emmanuelle Elbaz-Phelps speaks with The Daily about starvation in Gaza
Avi Shlaim’s book, Genocide in Gaza: Israel, Hamas, and the Long War on Palestine
Omer Bartov’s NYT piece, “I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.”
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