I love how so many people love meritocracy, but when it is applied to Ivy League universities suddenly it’s considered like autonomy is being taken away.
If they receive public funds, they can go and suck limes. They do receive public funds.
That being said, since they receive public funds, they should also be subject to the first amendment as strictly as public universities.
Imagine, Columbia ordered to reinstate the Gaza protestors, and Ivy League generally forced to provide as easy access to forums for conservatives as is provided to progressives.