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Rather than tearing ourselves apart, universities must rebuild the bonds within ourselves and between society and the academy based on our shared values and on what we do best: education, research, service and public engagement.

— Minouche Shafik Universities must engage in serious soul searching on protests (2024)

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I strongly believe that talent is spread evenly around the world, but opportunity is not.

The idea that you are successful because you are smart and hardworking is pernicious and wrong, because it means everyone who is unsuccessful is stupid and lazy.

In the past, the middle class could count on a conveyor belt of higher education leading to university, leading to public sector employment. But now, that conveyor belt has stopped.

I am not just a person who wants to raise taxes and share out more. I want everyone to pay their fair share of taxes and invest more in each other

But we must take into account the rights of all members of our community. The encampment has created an unwelcoming environment for many of our Jewish students and faculty.

Statement from Columbia University President Minouche Shafik (2024)

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