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Victory for Harvard’s Anti–Grade Inflation Crusader
‘It’s about time,’ says retired professor Harvey Mansfield, who fought the epidemic of too many A’s for over 50 years. Harvard finally agrees.
Novi Zhukovsky
How Harvard’s Reparations Plan Flopped. Suicidal Empathy in New York City. Plus. . .
Arthur Brooks on what drives online trolls. China’s war with Christianity. And more.
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How Harvard’s Reparations Plan Flopped
Four years ago, Harvard committed $100 million in part to compensate descendants of people enslaved by university’s leaders. ‘I don’t think Harvard…
Novi Zhukovsky
Arthur Brooks: Grade Inflation Won’t Make You Happy
At Harvard, inflated grades mirror easy-money economics: The more you hand out, the less they’re worth.
Arthur Brooks
College Grades Are Beyond Fixing
I used to think we could fix grade inflation. Now it’s clear we should tear down the whole dishonest system.
Yascha Mounk
Meet the Internet’s New Iran Expert—Who Thinks the Illuminati Run the World
Xueqin Jiang, a researcher at Harvard, believes that a coalition of Freemasons, Jesuits, and members of a defunct Jewish cult are conspiring to rule the…
River Page
I’m a Harvard Student. It’s Too Easy to Get an A.
Most of my classmates arrive here with genuine ambition. We are then dropped into a grading system that quietly trains us to treat intellectual life…
Isaac Mansell
EXCLUSIVE: Too Little, Too Late, Harvard Is Told About Its Response to Antisemitism Claims
After months of negotiations, the Trump administration tells Harvard that it could face a civil-rights lawsuit.
Jonas Du
WATCH: Can a Lawsuit Fix Harvard?
Yoav Segev was assaulted by an antisemitic mob in October 2023. He has just sued Harvard University for failing to protect him.
Maya Sulkin
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Tyler Cowen: There’s a Better Way to Fight Harvard
I agree with the critics: The school has become too left-wing. The question is what to do about it.
Tyler Cowen
American Universities Should Put America First
Trump’s moves force all of us to ask: Who is higher education for? And what is its purpose?
Solveig Lucia Gold
Attacking Jews at Harvard Doesn’t Just Go Unpunished. It Gets Rewarded.
Instead of discipline, the students behind an attack that went viral got a fellowship, accolades—and a commencement spotlight.
Johanna Berkman
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