Alex Bronzini-Vender
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Academics, Don’t Abandon America
However contentious certain areas of study have become in the political arena, that’s all the more reason to keep up the fight in America, not elsewhere. The job of a scholar, if it is to defend the truth, is to do that work in places where regard for it is shaky.
Harvard Doesn’t Need Your Trust
What determines whether colleges and universities fall in the crosshairs isn’t whether Americans distrust them, but whether their opponents decide attacking them is worth the effort.
Harvard Is Too Old
One thing is clear — Harvard’s status as the oldest university in America shouldn’t also describe its professoriate.
Institutional Neutrality Is Good for the Left
Institutional neutrality is riddled with contradictions, unfairly applied, and frequently breached. Left-wing critics are rightly frustrated by these inconsistencies. But if institutional neutrality disappeared tomorrow, they’d miss it.
The Professor and the Pedophile
Summers should choose the most straightforward path and resign. Should he refuse to, though, the University must cut ties with its former president to the greatest extent possible.
No, America Doesn’t Hate Harvard
It’s a neat narrative, though it doesn’t fit the facts. Yes, Americans are less confident in institutions like Harvard than they used to be. But the drop isn’t as steep as declinists say — and it’s not primarily driven by culture-war controversies.
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Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers, Jeffrey E. Epstein, and Massachusetts Hall.