The Minutes of Marc Rowan on universities https://minutesof.com/marc-rowan/on/universities/ Everything Marc Rowan has said on universities: 4 verbatim quotes between December 2023 and January 2025, each with a timestamp and a link to the… en Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:10:36 +0000 Rowan argues Americans never voted on which identity groups would be valued, outsourcing the decision and forg https://minutesof.com/q/69796ae8-64de-434b-8742-9ccc890c6bb0/ https://minutesof.com/q/69796ae8-64de-434b-8742-9ccc890c6bb0/ “We never got a vote in which groups were valued. We outsourced that. And so among the most un American things I'd ever seen happen, we forgot that people are actually individuals.” — Park Avenue Synagogue Tue, 28 Jan 2025 16:42:06 +0000 universities Rowan argues universities institutionalized sorting people by group status rather than treating them as indivi https://minutesof.com/q/6fa8311d-3a69-4c87-a17c-f2a1fb67eb67/ https://minutesof.com/q/6fa8311d-3a69-4c87-a17c-f2a1fb67eb67/ “We afforded them lack of judgment of any action they had done based on their aggrieved status. And this became institutionalized in our universities.” — Park Avenue Synagogue Tue, 28 Jan 2025 16:42:06 +0000 universities Rowan says Chicago is outperforming Penn while Vanderbilt, UT Austin, and Florida are ascendant due to the con https://minutesof.com/q/130d9a58-08c3-474a-ba85-1113f974a1fe/ https://minutesof.com/q/130d9a58-08c3-474a-ba85-1113f974a1fe/ “I will tell you that Chicago, who has mostly gotten it right, kicking Penn's ass. And they know it. And Vanderbilt, Ascendant, University of Texas.” — Park Avenue Synagogue Tue, 28 Jan 2025 16:42:06 +0000 universities Rowan warns the worst outcome for universities would be donor apathy replacing current engagement. https://minutesof.com/q/f6206af8-7f68-48c4-90ac-092cda290b05/ https://minutesof.com/q/f6206af8-7f68-48c4-90ac-092cda290b05/ “be more constructive about the prospect of change here. You think there is a better path ahead. I think the worst thing that can happen to these universities is apathy. Right now there's not apathy.” — Bloomberg Television Tue, 05 Dec 2023 15:03:34 +0000 universities