The real scandal is what they’ve been teaching. From el gato malo at boriquagato.substack.com:
what have the professors been professing? the real fun is about to begin
as many of you likely saw, bill ackman is going scorched earth on academia. after some folks at MIT came after his wife’s dissertation, he decided to take a look at the publications of every professor and leader at the school.
popcorn futures were limit up.

you can read his (quite long) discourse on this HERE.

to be sure, bill is a formidable foe. he’s also arguably unhinged. but whatever your take on him, but he’s certainly one who relishes a fight and who has a legions of smart, obsessive analysts working for him to bring to bear and a set of new AI tools to fuel them.
this is just the tip of the iceberg.
but it’s also ancillary.
consider:
overton windows are funny things.