Could a Major Advertising Push Fix Harvard’s Image Problem?

Harvard has a golden opportunity right now to become an institution people love again and make this assault much more painful for the Trump administration. To take advantage of it, the University needs to think and invest big in getting its story to the American people.

Israel-Palestine Started Harvard’s Mess. Both Sides Must Help End It.

Since the ’60s, universities have played host to protest movements with extreme elements, and those offended by their extremity have criticized those elements. But America has never, in the age of campus protest, been this hostile to universities or led by politicians this reckless, craven, and fascistic.

Harvard Settles, Eight Affiliates React

After more than a year of debate about Harvard’s handling of campus antisemitism, the University has taken its most forceful steps to date. In settling two lawsuits alleging antisemitic discrimination, Harvard adopted a new definition of antisemitism, instituted anti-discrimination protections for Zionists, and pledged to form a partnership with an Israeli university. For the eight Harvard affiliates below — students and faculty, Zionist and anti-Zionist, Jewish and non-Jewish — these policy changes prompt new debates about free speech, student safety, and the proper role of the University in the face of geopolitical turmoil. — Max A. Palys ’26 and Saul I.M. Arnow '26, Editorial Chairs

All It Takes To Censor Speech at Harvard Is a Lawsuit

Most worryingly, with this move, Harvard has signaled that upset constituents — and outside groups backing them — can bring thinly-supported, mostly-anonymous legal complaints against the University to reshape policies at the heart of the academic mission.

Harvard’s Pro-Palestine Protesters Have to Stop Weakening Their Cause

I believe Israel is committing atrocious war crimes in Gaza, but the pro-Palestine coalition has managed to make itself so incredibly difficult to support.

Speech Distinctions

Dissent: With Pass-Fail Policy, the FAS Would Make Grades Even More Meaningless

Grade inflation and compression, worse with every passing year, pose a serious threat to the health of Harvard. The last thing the FAS should do now is give students another out.

Dissent: Abolish Advanced Placement

Sure, the Advanced Placement program provides a standard. But a bad standard is worse than none at all. We should abolish it.

Dissent: Departmental Restructuring Won’t Save — or Kill — the Humanities

Convinced that the longevity of Harvard humanities must take precedence over the longevity of its present departmental form, we hope the FAS does not allow questions of structure to elide more fundamental questions of substance.

Dissent: Equitable Admissions Are Proportionate

Instead of absolving selective colleges of their obligation to admit comparable numbers of men and women, we wish that the Editorial Board had consistently applied its reparative admissions rationale to men.