America Can’t Forget the Ivy League Made Trump

Harvard is not unproductive or broken, nor is it a training ground for radical philosophy. The University educates leaders on both sides of the aisle. For it to survive, it must lean wholeheartedly into that image.

Fixing Classroom Discourse Starts in the Q Guide

Harvard’s top brass can opine all they like about the merit of viewpoint diversity in the academy. But if we’re going to build an intellectually vibrant and diverse academy, we’re going to need to start with metrics that help us achieve that.

We Ran Harvard for Harris. Our Fight Against Donald Trump Begins Today.

The outpouring of enthusiasm and effort we witnessed over the last three months has been remarkable. That energy cannot end here.

I Was on the HUA’s Problem Solving Team. We Failed, But So Did the HUA.

If my time on the team has made one thing clear, it’s that the HUA is a fundamentally broken body from its foundation on up — and no constitutional clarification would be sufficient to fix that.

Michael Sandel’s Great Injustice

Michael J. Sandel’s Justice: “Ethical Reasoning in Polarized Times,” being taught to over 800 enrollees for the first time in over a decade, is a relic from a bygone era of higher education.

Want Better Harvard Debates? Make Rhetoric Mandatory.

Expos 45 has the potential to imbue students with the strength to be open and vulnerable to new perspectives. Thorough instruction in considerate, empathetic, and willing conversation holds tremendous power.

Expand Legacy Admissions, Now.

There’s no doubting that Harvard’s legacy admissions system is detestable. But since administrators have shown little interest in scrapping it entirely — I say we make legacy bigger.

Recall John Cooke

John Cooke has had his word. Now we get to have ours.

Time for the Left To Reclaim Academic Freedom

Academic freedom is a progressive force. Progressives should remember that.

I’m a Progressive. Here’s Why I’m Glad Harvard’s New Provost Isn’t.

John F. Manning ’82, Harvard’s newly minted interim provost, is a conservative. He’s also an exceptional pick.

HUA Meeting 3/4/24

Harvard Can Kill the Diversity-Excellence Dichotomy

We must remind the world of our selectivity and rigor by tightening standards in undergraduate admissions and faculty hiring.

Harvard Doesn’t Need a President, Yet

Harvard has no permanent president. Let’s keep it that way — for now.

With New Fund, Ackman Cashes In

The Ackman Show channeled America’s hate and hope, pitting the nation against itself. Now it’s time to pay up.

Harvard Shouldn’t Do Activism

Are we a school or a brand or a research lab? Are we political or apolitical? Are we a venue for debate or instruction? Do we exist for students or society?