Phase two: When the noise fades but the questions remain

As details continue to unfold, new voices and new interests may begin to enter the conversation — political figures, potential candidates, and institutional players who were largely silent during the opening stage. If Phase One was about self-identification and accusation, Phase Two increasingly looks like a story about positioning.

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The mission and the lawsuit: Elite schools under fire here and abroad

One is accused of drifting from the mission it was founded upon. The other is accused of holding to its mission so tightly that it may now violate the law. Different places, different histories — but both face the same question: how does an institution stay true to its purpose when the world keeps changing the rules around it?

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