Thank you for the correction. Perhaps this aspect should have been highlighted more when defending the University. 'Liberal Arts' have a high income elasticity of demand- i.e. in boom times, people want more of it but when growth slows down, people consider it a useless luxury. However, if- as you have pointed out- CEU was also doing good work in Math, I.T, Fintech etc, then the shoe is on the other foot. In the old days, the smartest mathematicians and scientists tended to be Left/Liberal. That may still be the case in Central Europe. Elsewhere, such savants have grown afraid of 'Identity politics' and keep a low profile. There is also the issue of anti-Zionism- in particular the call to boycott Israeli academics- which has created a climate of fear. More recently, there is this business of toppling statues and 'defunding the police' etc. This toxic 'wokeness' has been condemned by Obama. It is a nuisance which must be curbed in the same way as Holocaust denial.

There is a great irony that Soros has come to be associated with the closed epistemic systems and 'citation cartels' of the 'Grievance Studies' crowd. I hope people like you will try to set the record straight.

Vide http://socioproctology.blogspot.com/2021/02/george-soros-vs-arthur-j-finkelstein.html