You and I are on the same page. I read Akman’s letter twice. He mentions defunding the University in a way that makes the rest of his demands sound unserious.
He mentions the University is flirting with the loss of Title VI funds in three sentences and devotes one sentence concerning the potential loss of Alumni endowments. As you said money talks.
All I would have said, “you’re the president of supposedly one of the finest universities on the planet, you know what’s wrong and how to fix it. Fix it or I will stop all endowments and grants plus I will lead the effort to organize a defunding mechanism for all of Harvard’s benefactors!”
All I would have said, “you’re the president of supposedly one of the finest universities on the planet, you know what’s wrong and how to fix it. Fix it or I will stop all endowments and grants plus I will lead the effort to organize a defunding mechanism for all of Harvard’s benefactors!”
All I would have said - short and sweet! Pardon the lack of quotes as my keyboard has decided not to print that key -