Editorials


A Palestine Exception to Harvard’s Academic Mission

The ongoing threat to programs like this one hampers Harvard’s academic mission. Rather than inhibit academic discourse, the University should actively uplift spaces for discussion around this conflict.


Trump’s Demands Prove What We Already Knew

What does DEI have to do with antisemitism? Since when did kidnapping students off the street protect our Jewish community? We’ve said it before, and it is now clearer than ever: This attack on higher education was never about protecting Jewish students.


Dissent: Pointless Statements Won’t Protect Us From Trump

In a world where the Trump administration is cutting universities’ federal funding left and right, any defiance from Harvard comes at a cost. The University has a responsibility to its students, faculty, and researchers to be prudent when risking further funding cuts.


Harvard Must Exercise Caution Before Cutting Ties With Birzeit

Ultimately, Harvard owes its students and affiliates exposure to the research and unique perspectives of Palestinians, and collaboration with Birzeit faculty appears to be a good method to achieve that goal. So Harvard — look carefully, consider the context, and refuse to sever a partnership simply because someone told you so.


Harvard Opened Its Wallet. Now It Must Open Its Doors.

In the face of potential significant funding cuts in Harvard’s future, the University’s move to expand aid demonstrates a commitment to ensuring top talent, once admitted, can attend. That said, increasing financial aid for students does not solve Harvard’s underlying lack of socioeconomic diversity.


Abolishing Pass-Fail Won’t Fix Gen Eds

So if the FAS wants students to be more academically engaged in Gen Eds and beyond, there are better places to start — like stronger attendance requirements, no-laptop policies, and designating a broader range of courses to fulfill the Gen Ed requirement.


Dissent: On Tyrannical Middle Eastern Regimes, the Editorial Board Wavers

Harvard has taken millions of dollars from countries with reprehensible human rights records, including Bangladesh, Qatar, and others. Does the Board truly believe Qatar sends Harvard money simply because of a benevolent urge to support academia and research in Cambridge?


The Ad Board Needs a New Addition

Including students in the Ad Board is not just about representation — it’s about creating a disciplinary system that is better informed, more transparent, and ultimately more trusted by those it governs.


Harvard Calls Cambridge Home. Its Payments Should Show It.

As Harvard renegotiates the terms of its PILOT agreement, we urge the administration to remember how much we benefit from our community. After all, Harvard students are also Cambridge residents — the University should act like it.


Some Conservatives Have Gotten Louder. We Think Most Stay Quiet.

For those of you who find yourselves somewhere in between the far-right and the left, we urge you to come to the table of discourse to help fix Harvard’s broken speech culture. Talk to your friends, your classmates, and those with whom you disagree.


Harvard Must Resist Trump’s War on Transgender Students

But despite Harvard’s ongoing public posture of preemptive compliance, Trump’s attacks show no signs of abating. Harvard can’t expect to win every political battle. But the surest way to lose is by surrendering in advance.


Extracurriculars Have Supplanted Academics at Harvard. Here’s How To Fix It.

What Harvard truly needs is well-purposed rigor — one designed to increase learning rather than merely enhance its difficulty. That starts with students taking greater personal responsibility, faculty stepping up to the plate, and a community-wide reckoning with Harvard’s pre-professional culture.


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