The president of Dartmouth is winning praise from conservatives, while her critics in academia accuse her of cowardice and conformity for her stance on viewpoint diversity.
A piece from the New Yorker details the embattled president, Sian Beilock, vowing to uphold institutional neutrality amid the federal government’s feud with higher education and rampant antisemitism on college campuses.
Dartmouth declined to join a coalition of over 600 universities, including its Ivy League counterparts, in signing a letter in defense of Harvard University as it fights the Trump administration’s attempts to freeze billions in funding.
In an email to the Dartmouth community explaining her decision not to join the coalition, Beilock reportedly wrote that “receivership, censorship, and external pressures about what can and cannot be taught or studied hamper the free exchange of ideas on our campus and across institutions. Dartmouth will never relent on these values.”
A piece from the New Yorker details the embattled president