Universities are responding to newly released Jeffrey Epstein documents by launching internal reviews of faculty, donors and trustees with links to the disgraced financier. College leaders face calls to remove names from buildings, sever donor ties, and investigate staff conduct after disclosures tied prominent executives and trustees to Epstein. The fallout has already reached the private sector: Kathy Ruemmler, Goldman Sachs’ general counsel and a former White House counsel, announced her resignation after emails with Epstein surfaced. Institutions and firms are weighing reputational and legal risks while determining whether correspondence reflects criminal conduct or poor judgment. Higher‑education boards and ethics committees are under pressure to act quickly; trustees and presidents must balance due‑process for staff with urgent stakeholder demands for accountability and transparency.