Cornell University president Martha E. Pollack is retiring in response to pressures surrounding campus antisemitism and concerns related to the Israel-Hamas war.

The text discusses concerns about the decline in academic standards and intellectual diversity at elite universities like Harvard, Penn, and MIT due to the influence of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.

Despite widespread criticism of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs on college campuses for their failure to address rising anti-Semitism, Jewish communal leaders are still committed to working within the system rather than calling for its dismantling.

The author shares their personal experience with their daughter attending an elite private school in New York City.