Kirsten A. Weld
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A Tale of Two Commencements
Do you care about multiracial democracy, about science and public health, about gender equity, about free speech? Then you care about universities. And it’s vitally important that you keep caring about universities, even as you’re leaving this one.
The Faculty Are the Problem, Apparently
Those who want to diminish the faculty’s decision-making authority, or who think universities should be run more like companies, should be careful what they wish for.
The Trump Lawsuit You Haven’t Heard of Is the Real Game Changer
This week’s ruling is an important vindication of that core mission. And in winning our own independently enforceable judicial order, our organizations have helped protect our community’s essential rights from being bargained away in any backroom deal.
We’re Harvard Professors Suing the Trump Administration. Here’s Why.
Universities are currently on the front lines of a battle for basic civil liberties. We must fight for the values — and the people — that define us. This lawsuit is a start.
If Harvard Bends to Trump, It’s Already Lost
In sum, we urge Harvard to refuse the illusory safety of anticipatory obedience and the moral compromises it will inevitably demand. The University must not simply survive the next four years, but must do so with its values intact.
Higher Ed Is Under Attack. An Organized Faculty Is Its Best Defense.
The future of higher education will require us to demonstrate what shared governance looks like — from our legislatures to our libraries.
To the Student Protesters Barred From Graduating on Time
The Ad Board’s bad-faith actions have damaged something that is essential for our great University to fulfill its mission: trust among faculty, students, and administrators.
A Response Letter from 73 Faculty Members
We, the undersigned, write in strong opposition to the open letter signed by 38 Harvard faculty calling into question the sanctions against Professor John Comaroff. We are dismayed that these faculty members would openly align themselves against students who have lodged complaints about a tenured professor.
A Need for “Real Recourse”
We, on behalf of the signatories of the faculty statement in support of “real recourse,” find these to be insurmountable challenges of the current system and support HGSU's call for a process that is more expedient, transparent, equitable, and independent.
It’s Not (Yet) Too Late for Harvard to Lead
We call on the Harvard Corporation, and, importantly, the Harvard Management Company, to display similar vision and commitment, and to take seriously the abundant and mounting evidence in favor of fossil fuel divestment.