Stand Columbia Society

@StandColumbia

We support excellence in teaching, learning, research, and patient care and restoring Columbia University to its rightful pre-eminence in higher education.

New York, NY

Joined November 2024

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Stand Columbia Society@StandColumbia · Jun 14

Issue #052: 📉 Humanities majors down 30%. 📈 Engineering majors up 10x. @Columbia’s students have changed. The faculty makeup hasn’t. A quiet academic revolution is underway—and the structural imbalance is growing. Read more 👇 standcolumbia.org/2025/06/14/iss…

StandColumbia's tweet card. ICYMI: Acting President Claire Shipman issued a public statement which you can read here and watch here. It acknowledged the time constraints we are under before permanent damage is done to our...

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Stand Columbia Society@StandColumbia · Jul 19

Issue #057: @Columbia’s new antisemitism statement is less of a pivot, more of a breadcrumb trail. We traced what’s symbolic, what’s substantive, and what might be part of a quiet federal deal. Deep dive here 👇 standcolumbia.org/2025/07/19/iss…

StandColumbia's tweet card. TL;DR The Stand Columbia Society generally analyzes facts, not rumors. In the past few weeks, many media outlets have commented on a “deal” between Columbia and the Trump administration, but the fact...

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Stand Columbia Society@StandColumbia · Jul 12

The One Big Beautiful Bill upends how @Columbia (and all US univs) fund graduate education. Loan caps. Endowment taxes. Repayment overhauls. Aid tied to job outcomes. Columbia escaped the tax for now. But the loan caps? A lot to unpack. Read more 👇 standcolumbia.org/2025/07/12/iss…

StandColumbia's tweet card. TL;DR A little over a week ago, President Trump signed the One, Big, Beautiful Bill (“OBBB”) into law. You can read the full legislation here. To be clear: the Stand Columbia Society is politically...

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Stand Columbia Society@StandColumbia · Jul 5

Issue #055: Break up @Columbia to protect sciences from protestors? It's an idea some are quietly talking about — and it’s a terrible one. This week, we run the numbers on what a breakup could actually look like. Hint: insolvency. Read 👇 standcolumbia.org/2025/07/05/iss…

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Stand Columbia Society@StandColumbia · Jun 28

What if @Columbia didn’t cut a deal? Could we flee to Canada again? Fund ourselves with hedge funds? Split into odd & even library shelves? We gamed out the terrible options so you don’t have to. Read the academic apocalypse thought experiment 👇 standcolumbia.org/2025/06/28/iss…

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Stand Columbia Society@StandColumbia · Jun 21

Litigation is doomed. A federal judge just tossed the @AAUP / AFT lawsuit over @Columbia’s funding on standing—and signaled they would lose in court even if it proceeded. If upheld, this has stark implications for federal leverage. Our full analysis 👇 standcolumbia.org/2025/06/21/iss…

StandColumbia's tweet card. ICYMI: Trump posted on his social media (and it was later reported in the New York Times) that it was “very possible that a Deal will be announced over the next week or so” with Harvard University...

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Elisha (Lishi) Baker@LishiBaker · Jun 20

Strong article by the chairman of Morrison Cohen Y. David Scharf and former NY Court of Appeals Judge Hon. David B. Saxe (ret.) on governance issues @Columbia - they are right to call out the University Senate's refusal to issue discipline as hugely responsible for this mess.

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Stand Columbia Society@StandColumbia · Jun 12

Excellent statement.

CColumbia University@Columbia · Jun 12

Acting President Claire Shipman discusses her commitment to Columbia’s values and future, the growing challenges to the University's research mission, and the ongoing discussions with the federal government.

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Stand Columbia Society@StandColumbia · Jun 7

Issue #051: He’s stopped outbreaks on 3 continents. He called out @Theranos to Elizabeth Holmes' face. Now @Columbia ’s top virus hunter says: “We are weeks, not months, from collapse.” Unmissable interview with Dr. Ian Lipkin of @ColumbiaMSPH standcolumbia.org/2025/06/07/iss…

StandColumbia's tweet card. TL;DR ICYMI: We are starting to see a welcome change in how Columbia’s official communications networks are approaching its broader messaging efforts. Last week, the official Columbia Alumni Associ...

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Stand Columbia Society@StandColumbia · Jun 4

[BREAKING] Today’s @usedgov press release doesn’t mean @Columbia will lose its accreditation—but it starts a parallel process that ends that way *if nothing is done*. We break down the rules, the risks, and the path forward 👇 standcolumbia.org/2025/06/04/iss…

StandColumbia's tweet card. Earlier today, the U.S. Department of Education issued a press release stating that it had formally notified Columbia University’s accreditor (the Middle States Commission on Higher Education) that...

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Stand Columbia Society@StandColumbia · May 31

The @Columbia student body is now 39% international, up from 32% a decade ago. 46% come from China. If visas are curtailed, six schools face financial distress. Openness is strength. Overdependence is a liability. A must-read on geopolitical risk 👇 standcolumbia.org/2025/05/31/iss…

StandColumbia's tweet card. On May 22, the Trump administration abruptly revoked Harvard’s SEVP (Student and Exchange Visitor Program) eligibility, blocking its ability to enroll international students. It’s worth saying this...

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