Are you the colonialist that John Sexton is?

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Are You NYU's Next Colonialist?

Have you ever wondered what it takes to lead NYU in today's tumultuous academic landscape? This quiz will give you a glimpse into the mindset of potential candidates and what students might experience under their leadership.

Evaluate your communication style with students.
Reflect on the type of institution you envision.
Consider the impact of your decisions on the NYU community.

8 Questions2 MinutesCreated by ReflectiveRaven204

Congratulations! (Or maybe not) You just got chosen to become NYU's newest president. All you gotta do now is to finish this quick quiz so poor NYU students know what to expect from their evil institution and so you can know yourself whether you'll follow in the footsteps of John Sexton the colonialist or the hilariously tone-deaf Andy Hamilton :)

Which is your preferred method of communication to your students?

Dictator-style announcement

Cringy emails and TikTok announcement

Truthful lengthy townhalls which you will actually act on

What type of institution do you want NYU to be?

The Global Network octopus extending its tentacles around the world with half the educational quality and one tenth the academic freedom

The annoying neighbor that eventually wipe out the NYC Villages

The one that is actually affordable

Who do you imagine NYU students to be?

The future colonialists

The friendly gentrifiers

The revolutionary radicals

How would you like to be compensated?

With a vacation home loan that could pay 10 students' tuition

With a 6-million fundraising banquet while there are food-insecured students left hungry

With students' satisfaction and happiness

How would you fund NYU's new global campuses?

Kissing the country's government's tushies

Investing in fossil fuels using students' tuition and debts

Why would I do such a thing??

NYU graduate students are on strike, what do you do?

Refuse to recognize their union or their rights to unionize

Send an email to their parents saying how bad striking is

Give them a livable-in-NYC wage

Pro-Palestine NYU organizations protesting against an Israel-independence-day rave are getting bashed by Zionists, what do you do?

Join the rave and the bashing, which you deem a "disavowal of the free exchange of ideas and the free association of scholars that undergird academic freedom"

Stay in your penthouse and answer interviews saying pro-Palestine groups should not receive Students for Justice award because they are divisive

Protect and reassure them of safety on-campus

Are you the colonialist that John Sexton is?

Are You NYU's Next Colonialist?

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