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Harvard Needs To Tell the Truth About Its Admissions Practices
It’s the Supreme Court that put our College’s diversity at risk, but the responsibility to respond lies with Harvard. It can begin by telling the truth.
Nobody Pays Attention in Class at Harvard. It’s Time to Change That.
Harvard’s inattention problem is nothing less than a crisis. Thankfully the University need look no further for a solution than its own backyard.
The Instagram Idealism of Rakesh Khurana
A look back at Rakesh Khurana’s 10 years at the head of Harvard College reveals an idealism that was as uncommon and laudable as it was, at times, incomplete.
With New Protest Restrictions, Harvard Leans Into Hypocrisy
Harvard has no trouble talking about civil discourse. The new protest restrictions suggest the University has far more trouble actually supporting it.
We’re Glad Garber Got the Job. Here’s Hoping He Doesn’t Keep It.
President Alan M. Garber ’76 is just the person to lead the University through the dark times that still lie ahead, but this institution requires more than a caretaker presidency to take it boldly into a brighter future.
Harvard Has Finally Stopped the Statements. Two Questions Remain.
After a rocky fall, the University has realized, rightly, that the institutional voice is most powerful when used sparingly and consistently. Now, the task is to keep it that way.
A Year of Speech About Speech
Fickle as free speech may be, we can’t have a university any other way.
Harvard’s Next President Must Refocus on the Academic Mission
Climbing out of the current controversy will require clarity on our mission from the next president. It requires recognizing that the ivory tower’s comparative advantage comes from the prioritization of scholarship.
Harvard, According to Four Remarkable Seniors
Read reflections from four members of Harvard's Class of 2024.
An Unprecedented Year at Harvard, According to the Editorial Board
The Editorial Board reflects on an unprecedented year at Harvard.
A Palestine Exception to Commencement
History should not be written over to justify unequal and arbitrary application of the rules in punishing students. Reverse the extreme punishments. Let our peers graduate.
Garber Ended the Encampment. He Also Helped Start It.
The tents may be gone, but they are still here. Garber would do well to engage them.
Punishment Can’t Be the Only Outcome of the Harvard Encampment
In the past week, the University has made it plenty clear that disciplinary consequences await the protesters. Here’s hoping that punishment isn’t the only outcome of their activism.