Cornell Donor Demands President’s Ouster Over Diversity Policies

Cornell University campus in Ithaca, New York. 

Photographer: Bing Guan/Bloomberg
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Cornell University is the latest school under fire from donors seeking a changing of the guard over its policies on free speech, diversity and antisemitism, following the ousters of the heads of the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University.

Jon Lindseth, a Cornell donor and former trustee, called for the resignation of President Martha Pollack for mishandling diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and promoting “groupthink” on campus.