When an encampment went up in May 2024, Beilock had protestors arrested within two hours. Under her leadership, admissions has prioritized students who can act as "bridges between people" and students with "underrepresented" viewpoints—the admissions director used as an example someone who led his high school's Young Republicans club and was dialogue-focused. Her Dartmouth Dialogues project has spent hundreds of thousands bringing in speakers from both sides.
Above all, Beilock believes schools should be "in service of truth," not "ideology," and cannot allow disruptions to free speech
One suspects that is a controversial position, especially in the Ivy League. An honorable one, though.
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