{"id":2229042,"date":"2024-04-24T11:22:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T15:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-rowe-adds-insult-to-injury-for-embattled-ivy-league-schools-with-pointed-comparison-to-trade-schools\/"},"modified":"2024-04-24T11:24:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T15:24:53","slug":"mike-rowe-adds-insult-to-injury-for-embattled-ivy-league-schools-with-pointed-comparison-to-trade-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-rowe-adds-insult-to-injury-for-embattled-ivy-league-schools-with-pointed-comparison-to-trade-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Rowe&#8217;s Comparison to Trade Schools Hits Hard for Struggling Ivy League Institutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmike-rowe-adds-insult-to-injury-for-embattled-ivy-league-schools-with-pointed-comparison-to-trade-schools%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2229042&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses Mike Rowe&#8217;s criticism of Columbia University&#8217;s handling of anti-Israel protests, urging a financial shift from Ivy League to trade schools. Rowe&#8217;s\u2062 viewpoint on the issue and the repercussions of his \u2064statement at Columbia are analyzed. Additionally, the article touches on higher\u200d education dynamics and potential divestment actions amid campus controversies. The article delves into Mike Rowe&#8217;s critique of Columbia University&#8217;s management of \u200banti-Israel demonstrations, advocating redirecting financial support from Ivy League to trade schools. It \u200cexplores Rowe&#8217;s stance, the impact of his remarks at Columbia, and broader discussions on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-survival-guide-for-conservatives-during-the-biden-years\/\" title=\"A Survival Guide for Conservatives During the Biden Years\">higher education<\/a> trends, including potential\u200c divestment responses in the face of campus conflicts.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/%20\"><span>George C. Upper III<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   April 24, 2024 at 7:53am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Mike Rowe, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-rowe-says-theres-a-line-between-civilization-and-anarchy-its-thin-and-blue-in-tribute-to-law-enforcement\/\" title=\"Mike Rowe Says \u2018There\u2019s A Line Between Civilization And Anarchy. It\u2019s Thin,\u2019 And \u2018Blue\u2019 In Tribute To Law Enforcement\">award-winning host<\/a> of such shows as \u201cDirty Jobs\u201d and \u201cSomebody\u2019s Gotta Do it,\u201d has seen what\u2019s going on at college campuses around the U.S. \u2014 and he feels the way you and I probably do about it, pretty much.<\/p>\n<p>Rowe posted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-no-tim-tebow-did-not-post-this-statement-about-a-cashless-society-being-prophesied-in-the-bible\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: No, Tim Tebow Did Not Post This Statement About A \u2018Cashless Society\u2019 Being Prophesied In The Bible\">long statement<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X Monday with a statement excoriating Columbia University and its president for their handling of the now week-long anti-Israel protests and \u201cencampment\u201d on school grounds.<\/p>\n<p>Being a solutions-oriented guy, Rowe suggested some \u2014 both for the university itself, and for Americans fed up with the situation at our institutes of higher education.<\/p>\n<p>First off, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nfl-owner-cuts-funding-columbia-university-anti-israel-protests-no-longer-institution-recognize\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stop supporting<\/a> Ivy League schools financially.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor a guy who runs a foundation that sends young people to trade schools all over America \u2014 trade schools where I\u2019m pleased to report, no one is calling for the extermination of Jews \u2014 today\u2019s headlines are once again offering another excellent reason to consider redirecting whatever financial support you might earmark for the Ivy League, to the mikeroweWORKS Foundation,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d he asked rhetorically. \u201cBecause the Ivy League has truly lost its mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gee, Mike. Don\u2019t beat around the bush. Tell us how you really feel.<\/p>\n<p>What set <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mike-rowe-confirms-considered-dirtiest-job-yet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rowe<\/a> off specifically was the fact that Columbia University President Nemat \u201cMinouche\u201d Shafik \u2014 an American economist who was born in Egypt \u2014 had \u201caannounced a new round of remote learning\u201d to ensure the safety of Columbia\u2019s student body and allow some time for tensions to cool.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I had a kid at Columbia, I\u2019d be livid,\u201d Rowe wrote. \u201cIt\u2019s simply mind-boggling that the president of this university would rather consign her students to another crucible of remote learning, than permanently expel the protesters.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Are you a fan of Mike Rowe?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what you get for $68,000 a year at Columbia \u2014 an administration who cowers in the face of thugs and bullies, and a university president who would rather make your kids try to learn off campus, than take a truly hard line with those students calling for the murder of Jews,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the love of God, expel them,\u201d he added after describing some of the more egregious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/columbia-rabbi-issues-urgent-warning-jewish-students-campus-chaos-spirals-return-home-soon-possible\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">examples of anti-Semitism<\/a> that have been seen at Columbia recently. \u201cCalling for murder is not protected speech.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One can only imagine how Rowe is feeling today, after Shafik set a midnight Tuesday deadline for protesters to dismantle their tent city and remove themselves from campus, and then backed down, giving another 48 hours for talks to continue, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/columbia-bows-anti-israel-agitators-makes-numerous-concessions-deadline-comes-goes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Western Journal<\/a> noted earlier.<\/p>\n<p>You can read Rowe\u2019s entire statement below.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">For a guy who runs a foundation that sends young people to trade schools all over America \u2013 trade schools where I\u2019m pleased to report, no one is calling for the extermination of Jews \u2013 today\u2019s headlines are once again offering another excellent reason to consider redirecting\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Real Mike Rowe (@mikeroweworks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikeroweworks\/status\/1782515467556696120?\">April 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>  Protesters at Columbia and elsewhere are demanding that their schools divest themselves of financial involvement with Israel \u2014 by which they largely seem to mean that school funds should not be invested in companies that, for example, provide equipment to build Jewish settlements in land historically controlled by the Jews.<\/p>\n<p>It would be ironic indeed if their protests instead led to Ivy League supporters ceasing donations to their alma maters and instead giving it to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mike-rowe-issues-warning-hideous-workforce-trend-unprecedented-us-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rowe\u2019s foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Full disclosure: I\u2019m not an Ivy League grad myself, but I\u2019m the son of one, may he rest in peace. I do, however, value higher education \u2014 I have an undergraduate degree, a post-bacclaureate certificate and two graduate degrees. (All of which, I\u2019m proud to say, I have actually used in my career.) That said, I\u2019ve never given a dime to my university other than the tuition and fees I paid it.<\/p>\n<p>But I\u2019m certainly considering a donation to the mikeroweWORKS Foundation now. If you want to join me, there\u2019s more information <a href=\"https:\/\/mikeroweworks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But even if you don\u2019t want to join me, you could do me a small favor: Just don\u2019t give any money to Columbia. Please.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the lying leftist media and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we\u2019ll lose it for good. Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get desperately needed truth to millions of Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44802\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44802\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44802\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44802\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44802\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>George Upper is the former Editor-in-Chief of The Western Journal and was a weekly co-host of &#8220;WJ Live,&#8221; powered by The Western Journal. He is currently a contributing editor in the areas of faith, politics and culture. A former U.S. Army special operator, teacher and consultant, he is a lifetime member of the NRA and an active volunteer leader in his church. Born in Foxborough, Massachusetts, he has lived most of his life in central North Carolina.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  George Upper, is the former editor-in-chief of The Western Journal and is now a contributing editor in the areas of faith, politics and culture. He currently serves as the connections pastor at Awestruck Church in Greensboro, North Carolina. He is a former U.S. Army special operator, teacher, manager and consultant. Born in Massachusetts, he graduated from Foxborough High School before joining the Army and spending most of the next three years at Fort Bragg. He holds bachelor&#8217;s and master&#8217;s degrees in English as well as a Master&#8217;s in Business Administration, all from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He and his wife life only a short drive from his three children, their spouses and his grandchildren. He is a lifetime member of the NRA and in his spare time he shoots, reads a lot of Lawrence Block and John D. MacDonald, and watches Bruce Campbell movies. He is a fan of individual freedom, Tommy Bahama, fine-point G-2 pens and the Oxford comma. <\/p>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Foxborough, Massachusetts <\/p>\n<p>  Nationality <\/p>\n<p>  American <\/p>\n<p>  Honors\/Awards <\/p>\n<p>  Beta Gamma Sigma <\/p>\n<p>  Education <\/p>\n<p>  B.A., English, UNCG; M.A., English, UNCG; MBA, UNCG <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  North Carolina <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Faith, Business, Leadership and Management, Military, Politics <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George C. Upper III&#8217;s April 24, 2024, 7:53 am commentary delves into Mike Rowe&#8217;s observations on U.S. college campuses. Rowe, renowned for shows like &#8220;Dirty Jobs&#8221; and &#8220;Somebody&#8217;s Gotta Do It,&#8221; resonates with the general sentiment towards higher education dynamics. Sharing insights, Rowe&#8217;s perspective aligns with common viewpoints on the subject<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2010,"featured_media":2229043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Columbia-demonstrators-and-Mike-Rowe.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2229042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Columbia-demonstrators-and-Mike-Rowe.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2229042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2010"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2229042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2229042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2229043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2229042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2229042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2229042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}