Summary
The Trump administration has frozen $175 million in federal funding to the University of Pennsylvania over its policies allowing trans women to compete in women’s sports.
A senior official said this is “just a taste” of further action, with UPenn at risk of losing all federal funding due to a Title IX investigation.
Trump signed an executive order on February 5 banning trans women from women’s sports, citing fairness and safety concerns.
Advocacy groups are challenging the move, arguing it discriminates against trans athletes.
Researchers at these Universities do indeed need the money
False. They need grants, which are totally separate from this.
Source: academia.
UPenn is not going to feel this.
At all.
People said the same thing about Columbia. Took them days before they bent the knee.
No they didn’t. Columbia has had ties to Israel since forever.
And UPenn has way more scratch.
UPenn’s endowment is larger (22.3 billion vs Columbia’s 14.8) but I agree with you, UPenn will bend
As someone who just lost a coworker to Upenn, their endowment is pretty massive. If it only takes 175m to change their policy on a deeply held belief, then it will be a massive stain followed by mass protests.
Again, people thought the same about Columbia. $400 million vs. an endowment of just shy of $15 billion. Shouldn’t have been enough to change their policy on deeply held beliefs either but Columbia couldn’t bend the knee and start rescinding protestors’ diplomas and kowtowing to Trump fast enough.
I think there’s a good argument that Colombia wasn’t changing a deeply held belief. They were looking for reasons to punch the hippies who were angering their donors right from the start.
Again, Columbia has had ties to Israel since forever.
You may be correct. I hope you’re not.