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I'm not sure I agree with this, only because it's a private university. Public, no question, ban legacy admissions. But private? Maybe goes a step too far.

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Stanford received $1.82 billion in public funding in 2023 for research alone. The "private" in its name is meaningless. Top private universities in the country receive as much or more government support than state schools.

For research. That’s not welfare. Research funding is a merit and application based process with multiple reviewers. This is the same for every university or professor.

The school can take 60% of that as an administrative fee. It is absolutely welfare.

So any private organization that accept public funding should be regulated as if it were public?

So if you're running a startup, and you accept a government grant, you should be treated as a public company?

Yup. Quid pro quo.

Yes. Are you serious? Surely you're being silly here.

What if it is just removing state funding from those schools?

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