The most important thing I teach my students

And why Columbia’s faculty should issue a vote of no confidence in its president, Nemat Shafik

Friends,

The most important thing I teach my students is to seek out people who disagree with them. 

That’s because the essence of learning is testing one’s ideas, assumptions, and values. And what better place to test ideas, assumptions, and values than at a university?

Apparently, Columbia University’s president, Nemat Shafik, does not share my view. La…