Anti-Israel Ivy League protests have prospective students looking elsewhere this graduation season Fox News
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ColumbiaUniversityPresidentMinoucheShafikreleasedavideostatementamidintensescrutinyoverhersilenceonviolentanti-Israelagitators.(@Columbia/Instagram)
Someofthecountry’stopgraduatinghighschoolseniorsarereconsideringleadinguniversitiesamidbacklashoverfar-leftprotestsasadministratorsdolittletocounterradicalstudentandfacultygroupswhodominateheadlines,campusdiscourseandevenswathsofphysicalspace.
“There’safeelingofanxietyandconcern,whethertheyneedtowithdraw,”saidAdamNguyen,acollegeadmissionsspecialistandfounderofIvyLink,whichhelpssomeofthenation’stophighschoolgraduatesnavigatetheirwayintoeliteuniversities.“Somanyofmystudentshadacceptedalready.But,givenongoingprotests,howtheschoolshavehandledthoseprotests,thefamiliesareconcernedandexploringoptionstopotentiallypullout,whichisunprecedented.”
Inmanycases,they’recirclingbackwithnon-Ivyschoolsthath