PREVIEW: From a longer conversation, Professor Richard Epstein observes the struggles and failures of two elite universities, Harvard University and University of Pennsylvania, and he recommends complete renovation of their missions. Richard Epstein, Hoov
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
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🗓️ 11 November 2023
⏱️ 4 minutes
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| 0:30.0 | This is John Batcheler in conversation with my colleague Richard Epstein of the Hoover Institution |
| 0:35.3 | who teaches law at NYU and the University of Chicago. |
| 0:38.8 | We turn to the news about Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania. |
| 0:44.1 | In the reports recently, there's been much attention to their mishandling |
| 0:49.2 | of the anti-Semitism chanting and provocations on campus. |
| 0:53.8 | The news of the moment was that anti-Semitic slogans were projected on certain buildings |
| 1:00.5 | at the University of Pennsylvania campus and the President McGill |
| 1:04.8 | said there will be an investigation. The news at Harvard was that the |
| 1:10.2 | president of Harvard, Claudia Gays, sent out another email to the community saying that |
| 1:16.5 | she condemns this and that about the conduct of the Hamas. But more importantly, the news that anti-Semitism will be added to the mission of the |
| 1:30.0 | Diversity and Inclusion Office, the DEI. |
| 1:33.8 | I asked Richard Epstein about these matters, |
| 1:35.9 | and his response was, as usual, vivid. |
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