Crimson opinion writer
Jacob M. Miller
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No, Harvard’s Endowment Cannot Withstand Trump
The headline number this week was $2.2 billion, but Trump is laying the groundwork for policies that could cost the University more in the future. And despite its large endowment, Harvard will face tremendous financial pain.
With Billions at Risk, Eight Affiliates React
Across the country, the White House has taken the unprecedented step of dangling federal funds as a bargaining chip in its engagement with universities. This week, they came to Harvard under the auspices of an investigation into antisemitism. At a crossroads for our University and higher education as a whole, hear from eight affiliates — among them a former Harvard Hillel President, experts on authoritarianism, and a graduate suing the University — on what comes next. — Max A. Palys ’26 and Saul I.M. Arnow '26, Editorial Chairs
I Was Hillel President. Trump Claims His Funding Cuts Help Jews — He’s Wrong.
As a student elected by my peers to represent Jewish interests I know Trump’s review of University funding has the potential to appreciably damage higher education, and ironically, Harvard’s Jewish life too.
Harvard Can’t Fight Dirty if Its Hands Aren’t Clean
Trump has been itching to embarrass Harvard and defund the country’s oldest university. Harvard must be wise enough to put its house in order. Otherwise, Washington will tear it down.
I Ran The Numbers. There is a 300% Workload Gap Between Some Majors.
If administrators like Dean Khurana are serious about academic laxity at Harvard, they must be prepared to have frank conversations about the source of this problem and recognize its disparate incidence in humanities and social science courses.
There Are Many Victims of Trump’s NIH Cuts. DEI Isn’t One.
Harvard and a hostile Washington have been preparing for ideological war. If Trump isn’t careful, the entire American higher education system — “woke” or not — risks being torn apart in the crossfire.