Harvard President Lawrence Bacow said on Wednesday that he would leave his post in June 2023 after helping shepherd the nation’s oldest university through the COVID pandemic. Bacow, 70, did not give a reason for his decision to step down but said he and his wife, Adele, would be spending more time with their grandchildren….
Harvard Repatriations and the Responsibility of Guilt
Commentary Harvard University is the latest of America’s elite colleges to establish a fund to redress the burden of guilt it says it bears for the legacy of slavery. In doing so, it joins a consortium of 50 other colleges that pledged to address the stain of slavery and the role it played in the…
Ketanji Brown Jackson Plans to Recuse From Harvard Race-Based Admissions Case
March 23, 2022
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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, whom President Joe Biden has picked to fill the Supreme Court vacancy, said Wednesday that if confirmed, she would recuse herself from a case examining Harvard University’s “race-conscious” admissions policies. The dispute over Harvard’s admissions policy was first raised in 2014 by advocacy group Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), on behalf…
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Challenges to Colleges Using Race in Admissions
January 24, 2022
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A students group that disagrees with how some colleges use race to determine which applicants to admit will present their case to the nation’s top court. The Supreme Court on Monday announced it granted writs of certiorari, or requests for review of lower court decisions, from Students for Fair Admissions in cases involving the University…
Harvard Professor Charles Lieber Convicted of Lying About China Ties
December 21, 2021
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A Harvard University professor was found guilty by a U.S. jury on Tuesday of lying to authorities about his ties to the Thousand Talents Plan, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) well-financed job recruitment program. Charles Lieber, 62, was the former chairman of Harvard’s department of chemistry and chemical biology. He was found guilty by a…
Harvard University to Require COVID-19 Booster Shots, Shift to Remote Learning in January
Harvard University announced it will require booster shots and will also mostly shift to remote learning for the first three weeks of January 2022, citing spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant. “Looking to the spring semester, Harvard will require COVID-19 boosters for all members of our community who are eligible, including students, faculty, staff, and…
Harvard University to Require COVID-19 Booster Shots, Shift to Remote Learning Temporarily in January
Harvard University announced it will require booster shots and will also mostly shift to remote learning for the first three weeks of January 2022, citing spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant. “Looking to the spring semester, Harvard will require COVID-19 boosters for all members of our community who are eligible, including students, faculty, staff, and…
Harvard Won’t Require SAT or ACT for 5 More Years
Harvard University will extend a move not to require SAT or ACT scores for prospective students until at least 2026, the university announced Thursday. The Ivy League school initially stopped requiring the tests because of the COVID-19 pandemic, asserting some applicants had limited access to testing sites. The extension was also attributed to the pandemic…
Harvard Business School Moves Some Classes Online Amid COVID-19 Outbreak
The graduate business school of Harvard University is temporarily moving some of its classes online after having begun the semester with in-person classes amid a surge in COVID-19 cases. Classes for all first-year and some second-year MBA students at Harvard Business School (HBS) are being moved online for a week, from Sept. 27 through Oct. 3, after…
Harvard’s Legal Fees Exceed $40 Million in Defending ‘Race-Conscious’ Admissions Policy
September 21, 2021
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An ongoing lawsuit challenging Harvard University’s “race-conscious” admissions policy has resulted in at least $40 million in legal fees, and the Ivy League school is suing a secondary insurer that allegedly refused to cover some of those costs. Harvard has at least two insurance companies that cover potential legal costs, according to student newspaper The…
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