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Bard president Leon Botstein says Trump’s campaign against colleges follows ‘a classic antisemitic routine’

JL;DR SUMMARY Leon Botstein, President of Bard College, critiques the Trump administration's approach to higher education, highlighting its impact on college leadership and international students. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Trump AdministrationAcademic FreedomBard CollegeHigher EducationIsrael Palestine RelationsLiberal ArtsInternational StudentsLeon BotsteinCollege Leadership

Places mentioned

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
"NUREMBERG, Germany Leon Botstein, the president of Bard College for half a century, has seen many crises shake American colleges."
New York, United States
"He arrived in New York in 1949 as a stateless person."
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
"University of Virginia President James E. Ryan resigned in June under pressure from the Justice Department over the schools diversity, equity and inclusion practices."
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
"In March, Columbia Universitys interim president Katrina Armstrong stepped down after only seven months in office, amid the schools concessions to Trump for allegedly tolerating antisemitism."
East Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Palestinian Territories
"He has also forged cultural alliances in Israel and Palestine, directing the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra for eight years and founding an ongoing partnership between Bard College and Al-Quds University in East Jerusalem."
Jerusalem, Israel
"He has also forged cultural alliances in Israel and Palestine, directing the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra for eight years and founding an ongoing partnership between Bard College and Al-Quds University in East Jerusalem."
West Bank, Jericho, Palestinian Territories
"We have 10 early college programs in six cities in the United States. And we have a big international program, including the largest Palestinian-American collaboration. For 16 years, weve had a graduate program training teachers for the Palestinian Authority, a high school on the West Bank."
Hanover, New Hampshire, United States
"Thats what led me to be recruited to take over Franconia, a very unusual, bankrupt college in New Hampshire, which was protected by Dartmouth."

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