Want Better Harvard Debates? Make Rhetoric Mandatory.

Expos 45 has the potential to imbue students with the strength to be open and vulnerable to new perspectives. Thorough instruction in considerate, empathetic, and willing conversation holds tremendous power.

Expand Legacy Admissions, Now.

There’s no doubting that Harvard’s legacy admissions system is detestable. But since administrators have shown little interest in scrapping it entirely — I say we make legacy bigger.

Recall John Cooke

John Cooke has had his word. Now we get to have ours.

Time for the Left To Reclaim Academic Freedom

Academic freedom is a progressive force. Progressives should remember that.

I’m a Progressive. Here’s Why I’m Glad Harvard’s New Provost Isn’t.

John F. Manning ’82, Harvard’s newly minted interim provost, is a conservative. He’s also an exceptional pick.

HUA Meeting 3/4/24

Harvard Can Kill the Diversity-Excellence Dichotomy

We must remind the world of our selectivity and rigor by tightening standards in undergraduate admissions and faculty hiring.

Harvard Doesn’t Need a President, Yet

Harvard has no permanent president. Let’s keep it that way — for now.

With New Fund, Ackman Cashes In

The Ackman Show channeled America’s hate and hope, pitting the nation against itself. Now it’s time to pay up.

Harvard Shouldn’t Do Activism

Are we a school or a brand or a research lab? Are we political or apolitical? Are we a venue for debate or instruction? Do we exist for students or society?