{"id":4916,"date":"2023-10-24T06:13:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T06:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/business\/upenn-president-made-a-mistake-but-shouldnt-be-forced-out-former-governor-says\/"},"modified":"2023-10-24T06:13:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T06:13:31","slug":"upenn-president-made-a-mistake-but-shouldnt-be-forced-out-former-governor-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4916","title":{"rendered":"UPenn president made a \u2018mistake\u2019 but shouldn\u2019t be forced out, former governor says"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

\n Former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell doesn\u2019t think the University of Pennsylvania needs a leadership change to get through the crisis gripping the Ivy League school.\n <\/p>\n

\n Rendell, a graduate of UPenn, argues university president Liz Magill made a \u201cmistake\u201d in failing to immediately condemn alleged antisemitic remarks by the speakers who were slated to appear at a Palestinian literature festival last month.\n <\/p>\n

\n That festival, the Palestine Writes Literary Festival, has been the focal point of criticism from influential donors who have vowed to close their checkbooks until Magill steps down.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cShe should have moved quickly to condemn. Is that enough of a sin that she should have to resign? I don\u2019t believe so,\u201d Rendell told CNN in a phone interview.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThat was a mistake. But gosh, if I had to step down as governor every time I made a mistake, I wouldn\u2019t have made it a week,\u201d said Rendell, who teaches a course each fall at UPenn and served two terms as Pennsylvania governor from 2003 until 2011. \u201cI don\u2019t think she is going to step down.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Magill did condemn antisemitism broadly before the Palestine Writes festival and noted that some speakers had a history of making antisemitic remarks.\n <\/p>\n

\n But facing a growing backlash from donors in the wake of the Hamas terror attacks against Israel, Magill acknowledged last week UPenn \u201cshould have moved faster to share our position strongly and more broadly.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Rendell said Magill seems like a \u201cperfectly decent person\u201d and credited the UPenn president for making \u201cvery strong\u201d statements about antisemitism prior to the Palestine Writes festival.\n <\/p>\n

\n Indeed, some members of the UPenn faculty and even the UPenn Jewish community criticized Magill prior to the Sept. 22 Palestine Writes festival for being too critical of the event.\n <\/p>\n

\n Still, Magill\u2019s handling of the Palestine Writes festival triggered a backlash from powerful donors in a campaign led by private-equity billionaire Marc Rowan. Then, after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, donors\u2019 simmering anger toward Magill over her response to the festival turned to a boil.\n <\/p>\n

\n Alumni including \u201cLaw & Order\u201d creator Dick Wolf, former US Ambassador Jon Huntsman, venture capitalist David Magerman and hedge fund billionaire Cliff Asness have halted their donations.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThe notion that the Wolf Humanities Center contributed to this hate fest, otherwise known as the Palestine Writes Festival, is an abomination,\u201d Wolf wrote in a letter to Magill obtained by CNN.\n <\/p>\n

\n Organizers of the Palestine Writes festival denied that it embraced antisemitism, according to UPenn student newspaper The Daily Pennsylvanian.\n <\/p>\n

\n Ronald Lauder, the billionaire heir to the Est\u00e9e Lauder cosmetics empire, has warned he will also close his checkbook if UPenn doesn\u2019t do more to fight antisemitism.\n <\/p>\n

\n The intense criticism from affluent donors has been unwelcome by at least some UPenn faculty, with leaders of the faculty senate accusing outsiders of \u201cintimidation.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n In a statement last week, the leaders of UPenn\u2019s faculty senate said the school\u2019s commitment to freedom of thought, inquiry and speech are \u201cbeing threatened by individuals outside of the University who are surveilling both faculty and students in an effort to intimidate them and inhibit their academic freedom.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cLet us be clear: academic freedom is an essential component of a world-class university and is not a commodity that can be bought or sold by those who seek to use their pocketbooks to shape our mission,\u201d the faculty senate leaders said.\n <\/p>\n

\n Rendell is unsurprised by the influence wielded by the wealthy donors.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cIn every walk of American life, billionaires have an outsized microphone. It\u2019s not something that is just happening at universities,\u201d Rendell said.\n <\/p>\n

\n Given the controversy over the Palestine Writes festival, Rendell is calling for the creation of an independent commission that would approve whether outside groups can access the UPenn campus.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cNo one should have a right to use Penn property if they are preaching violence or hate,\u201d Rendell said.\n <\/p>\n

\n Rendell is seeking support from other UPenn alumni for the creation of this independent commission, which would consist of administrators, faculty, students and alumni, and aim to prevent a similar problem in the future. Rendell is hoping to receive support from Huntsman, who served as governor of Utah when Rendell led Pennsylvania.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cI hope the donors will come back,\u201d Rendell said. \u201cBut if they don\u2019t, that\u2019s their decision.\u201d\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Read the full article here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell doesn\u2019t think the University of Pennsylvania needs a leadership change to get through the crisis gripping the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4916","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"\nUPenn president made a \u2018mistake\u2019 but shouldn\u2019t be forced out, former governor says | inFundPros<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell doesn\u2019t think the University of Pennsylvania needs a leadership change to get through the crisis gripping the Ivy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4916\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UPenn president made a \u2018mistake\u2019 but shouldn\u2019t be forced out, former governor says | inFundPros\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell doesn\u2019t think the University of Pennsylvania needs a leadership change to get through the crisis gripping the Ivy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4916\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"inFundPros\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-24T06:13:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/231023104934-01-university-of-pennsylvania-campus-0703-file.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Press Room\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Press Room\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4916#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4916\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Press Room\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#\/schema\/person\/87f7e632b195ea95c91503d9281f5eff\"},\"headline\":\"UPenn president made a \u2018mistake\u2019 but shouldn\u2019t be forced out, former governor says\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-24T06:13:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-24T06:13:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4916\"},\"wordCount\":732,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Business\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4916#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4916\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4916\",\"name\":\"UPenn president made a \u2018mistake\u2019 but shouldn\u2019t be forced out, former governor says | inFundPros\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-24T06:13:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-24T06:13:31+00:00\",\"description\":\"Former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell doesn\u2019t think the University of Pennsylvania needs a leadership change to get through the crisis gripping the Ivy\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4916#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4916\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4916#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"UPenn president made a \u2018mistake\u2019 but shouldn\u2019t be forced out, former governor says\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/\",\"name\":\"Fintech Advance\",\"description\":\"Latest Finance and Tech News and Updates\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Fintech Advance\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tech-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tech-logo.png\",\"width\":409,\"height\":70,\"caption\":\"Fintech Advance\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#\/schema\/person\/87f7e632b195ea95c91503d9281f5eff\",\"name\":\"Press Room\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/avatar_user_1_1697230663-96x96.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/avatar_user_1_1697230663-96x96.png\",\"caption\":\"Press Room\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"UPenn president made a \u2018mistake\u2019 but shouldn\u2019t be forced out, former governor says | inFundPros","description":"Former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell doesn\u2019t think the University of Pennsylvania needs a leadership change to get through the crisis gripping the Ivy","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4916","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"UPenn president made a \u2018mistake\u2019 but shouldn\u2019t be forced out, former governor says | inFundPros","og_description":"Former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell doesn\u2019t think the University of Pennsylvania needs a leadership change to get through the crisis gripping the Ivy","og_url":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4916","og_site_name":"inFundPros","article_published_time":"2023-10-24T06:13:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":450,"url":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/231023104934-01-university-of-pennsylvania-campus-0703-file.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Press Room","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Press Room","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4916#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4916"},"author":{"name":"Press Room","@id":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#\/schema\/person\/87f7e632b195ea95c91503d9281f5eff"},"headline":"UPenn president made a \u2018mistake\u2019 but shouldn\u2019t be forced out, former governor says","datePublished":"2023-10-24T06:13:31+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-24T06:13:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4916"},"wordCount":732,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Business"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4916#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4916","url":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4916","name":"UPenn president made a \u2018mistake\u2019 but shouldn\u2019t be forced out, former governor says | inFundPros","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-10-24T06:13:31+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-24T06:13:31+00:00","description":"Former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell doesn\u2019t think the University of Pennsylvania needs a leadership change to get through the crisis gripping the Ivy","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4916#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4916"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4916#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"UPenn president made a \u2018mistake\u2019 but shouldn\u2019t be forced out, former governor says"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/","name":"Fintech Advance","description":"Latest Finance and Tech News and Updates","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#organization","name":"Fintech Advance","url":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tech-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tech-logo.png","width":409,"height":70,"caption":"Fintech Advance"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#\/schema\/person\/87f7e632b195ea95c91503d9281f5eff","name":"Press Room","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/avatar_user_1_1697230663-96x96.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/avatar_user_1_1697230663-96x96.png","caption":"Press Room"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/infundpros.com"],"url":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?author=1"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4916"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4918,"href":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4916\/revisions\/4918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}