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.

  • foggy@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    9
    arrow-down
    5
    ·
    edit-2
    9 hours ago

    lol UPenn literally does not need anyone’s help.

    Go ahead you dipshit.

    Their endowment could nearly cover tuition for all students in interest alone. (Cost would be 1.9B, interest on their endowment is over 1.1B. not that 800M is chump change but like… They’re doing pretty damn fine)

    This headline seems to further scare us. UPenn barely feels this. This is theater.

      • foggy@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        6
        arrow-down
        2
        ·
        edit-2
        9 hours ago

        False. They need grants, which are totally separate from this.

        Source: academia.

        UPenn is not going to feel this.

        At all.

          • Lasherz@lemmy.worldM
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            2
            ·
            8 hours ago

            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.

            • Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              6
              arrow-down
              1
              ·
              8 hours ago

              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.

              • Zaktor@sopuli.xyz
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                2
                ·
                4 hours ago

                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.

          • foggy@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            2
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            edit-2
            8 hours ago

            No they didn’t. Columbia has had ties to Israel since forever.

            And UPenn has way more scratch.

    • theprogressivist @lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      7
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      9 hours ago

      They’re going to cave instantly and bend the knee. They may not need it, but they’re definitely going to do everything not to lose it, including kowtowing to fascists.

      • foggy@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        8 hours ago

        Time will tell. I can’t predict the future but I doubt this, big time.

        We can be doomers all we want but… Columbia and UPenn aren’t the same thing here.

    • AugustWest@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      8 hours ago

      Trump has already said he would tax endowments. First cut funding, then continually raise taxes on the endowments. He has the tools to destroy universities and no one is going to stop him.

      • foggy@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        8 hours ago

        Yes. Very good luck trying to tax endowments without having every billionaire want him dead.

        Not gonna happen.

        • AugustWest@lemm.ee
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          edit-2
          7 hours ago

          What are they going to do about it?

          Edit: let me be clear, would they be angry and want to get revenge, or will they too put pressure on the school to stop woke programs? You can see the easy path here…

          • foggy@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            edit-2
            6 hours ago

            If Russia and our current trajectory is any indication literally, defenestration.