The University of Austin, a newly-established and currently online-only “non-woke” institution led by New York Times washout Bari Weiss – well, actually calling it online-only is a stretch too since the non-matriculating courses haven’t even started yet – is already hitting a rough patch as two of its top advisers, Harvard psychology professor Steven Pinker and former University of Chicago Chancellor Robert Zimmer, the “university” confirmed in a statement Monday.

“The University of Austin is just one week old and has thus far succeeded in generating huge public interest. Yet, as is often the case with fast-moving start-ups, there were some missteps. In particular, our website initially failed to make clear the distinction between the Founding Trustees and the Advisory Board. Although we moved swiftly to correct this mistake, it conflated advisors, who were aligned in general with the project but not necessarily in agreement with all its actions and statements, and those who had originated the project and bear responsibility for those things. This led to unnecessary complications for several members of the advisory board, including Robert Zimmer and Steven Pinker, for which we are deeply sorry. We fully understand their decisions to step down as advisors” says the statement full of other bullshit about “mission” and “values”.

What the statement does not impart an understanding of however, is that building a “non-woke” but also secular Ivory Tower is all but certainly a doomed effort and they should all just quit.