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Podcast: Townhall Review | Commentaries
Episode: Carol Platt Liebau: Harvard’s Eroding Institutional Prestige
Description: Harvard is America’s oldest university with a cherished reputation as the quintessence of academic excellence. Over the last five decades, the university has veered sharply leftward. Yet amid increasing radicalism and intolerance, its status has remained intact. But what’s happening now proves the truth of Benjamin Franklin’s adage: “It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.” The virulent antisemitism evident on its campus and the tone-deaf incompetence of its leadership have taken a toll. Early applications to Harvard have fallen a whopping...