Columbia, Brown, & Penn have settled. Cornell and Harvard are reported to be next. UCLA, Northwestern, George Mason & others may soon follow. Some academics are mystified by why their leaders would settle or attribute it to cowardice. But settling makes sense. Here's why. 🧵1/ 
1) They're guilty. The evidence is overwhelming that universities failed to enforce rules to protect Jewish students. The fact that they have been engaging in racial discrimination by granting preferences in admissions and hiring is even more clear. Settling is smart. 2/
2) The agreements reached to date contain nothing that infringes on academic freedom & autonomy, so there is nothing to fear from settling. Academics like to scare each other with ghost stories about Trump taking over their classes, but the agreements do nothing like this. 3/
3) Settlements help trustees regain control over their universities from groups of radical faculty who have hijacked their institutions for political agendas. Ironically, Trump is helping trustees institute organizational reforms they wanted but were unable to do before. 4/
4) Universities need to repair decades of reputational damage or they will continue to face aggressive governmental action and spending cuts. It's hard for them to recognize, but they've been cast as the villain. Aggressive government action against villains is popular. 5/
5) Many in academia misunderstand the political situation and therefore advocate "resistance," believing that their problems will go away if they can just outlast Trump. But their liabilities are only growing over time. Settling is smarter. 6/end dailysignal.com/2025/08/22/why…
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