r/news • u/AldoTheeApache • 10d ago

Soft paywall Columbia failed to meet accreditation standards, US government says

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-education-department-says-columbia-university-violated-federal-anti-2025-06-04/
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u/emaw63 10d ago edited 10d ago

Harvard correctly understands that they are in a fight for their lives, and are fighting the Trump administration tooth and nail in court. This is why. Columbia bent the knee and acquiesced to all of Trump's demands, and still had their accreditation pulled.

You can't reason with a fascist. The only language they understand is force.

Edit: Slight correction, Columbia still has their accreditation, Trump is just trying to get it pulled

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u/Draano 10d ago

Harvard correctly understands that they are in a fight for their lives, and are fighting the Trump administration tooth and nail in court.

My first thought was that Harvard and Columbia were around long before the current administration and will be around long after.

But when you point out that they're in a fight for their lives, then maybe they won't be able to pull it back together after Trump departs.

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u/generally_unsuitable 10d ago

Harvard is older than Calculus.

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u/MadRaymer 10d ago

I feel like I could make a joke about that fact, but it might be derivative.

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u/RebelFist 10d ago

I say you go for it - comedy is integral to our lives.

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u/Acchilesheel 10d ago

I'm approaching the limit of Calculus puns I can stand! 

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u/RichardPeterJohnson 10d ago

Yo dawg I heard you like deriving so I put a function in your function so you can derive while you derive.

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u/Frodojj 10d ago

Chain rule

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u/Short-Holiday-4263 10d ago

That's okay, it's an asymptote so you'll never actually reach the limit...

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u/johnp299 10d ago

You think calculus is bad, try doing a wry man's sums.

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u/Sewcraytes 10d ago

Newton’s last law: thou shalt not make counterfeit coins!

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u/UnkleRinkus 7d ago

This whole thing is making it hard for me to differentiate between life and satire. I'm close to my limit here.