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| Harvard University will no longer weigh in on outside public matters: ‘Runs the risk of alienating some' |
| 2024-05-29 |
| [NY Post] "We lost our ass for virtue signaling" Harvard University announced Tuesday that it will stay silent on public matters that do not directly concern its "core function" — months after the Ivy League school’s statements on the Israel-Hamas war caused a firestorm of controversy. Leaders at the prestigious school who recommended the new policy said that Harvard "runs the risk of appearing to care more about some places and events than others" by issuing public statements on sweeping issues and global politics. "And because few, if any, world events can be entirely isolated from conflicting viewpoints, issuing official empathy statements runs the risk of alienating some members of the community by expressing implicit solidarity with others," Harvard’s Institutional Voice Working Group recommended in a report. Related: Harvard University: 2024-05-15 Pro-Palestinian Cornell students dismantle protest camp on their own Harvard University: 2024-05-12 Billionaire investor pans student protests at alma mater Harvard as ‘anarchy' as colleges surrender on divestment and Cornell pres. quits Harvard University: 2024-05-10 Several detained at MIT for blocking parking garage in anti-Israel protest |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #14 Yup |
| Posted by: Frank G 2024-05-29 21:43 |
| #13 Maybe the professor reads Rantburg. He does. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2024-05-29 20:07 |
| #12 Eye wash. Will most likely be business as usual though with regards to how they operate. No changes to how administration, staff or professors view or implement policies/procedures. "We, the University, will just keep quiet about it 'officially' and let the students do the screeching with our help and direction." |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2024-05-29 14:43 |
| #11 Controversial = the progressive take on anything, which any normal person will naturally be offended by. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-05-29 11:44 |
| #10 Relating to comment #2: "EVEN A FLATWORM IS SMART ENOUGH TO TURN AWAY FROM PAIN: Harvard won’t take official stance on controversial issues under new policy: No more ‘official statements about public matters that do not directly affect the university,’ president says." Quoted from an Instapundit post this day 29 May 2024. Maybe the professor reads Rantburg. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2024-05-29 11:42 |
| #9 Moral equivalence decays into inaction because controversy endangers salaries. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2024-05-29 11:16 |
| #8 why would any employer want to risk being known Well...Wall Street/Banking/Finance |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-05-29 09:18 |
| #7 Any School or College Facility should have 1 mission.... TEACH. There is no going back. The Student Body's ANTI-JEWISH, genocidal statements and protests have been made, and recorded for history. Plus, going forward. Likely, many employer's HR departments will be on the lookout to avoid certain Ivy League grads for certain years, and the corresponding years of college faculty also. Because why would any employer want to risk being known to have hired a Racist, genocidal supporting person to work for them? In short, those arrested and those that ran to the Media for their 15 mins of fame and attentions, have screwed-up the pooch and their careers. Either way, I see it taking a couple of years before big corporate donors will consider it safe to associate and donate, with any College that openly supported the Genocidal HAMAS. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2024-05-29 07:12 |
| #6 Campus protests must be branded 'Academic Intifada' |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-05-29 06:53 |
| #5 File under: if you are stuck in a hole, stop digging |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-05-29 06:52 |
| #4 /\ Sad but true, Grom. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2024-05-29 06:24 |
| #3 ^But it still remains the same pile of bird poop due to affirmative action faculty. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-05-29 03:39 |
| #2 "Leaders at the prestigious school who recommended the new policy said that Harvard "runs the risk of appearing to care more about some places and events than others" by issuing public statements on sweeping issues and global politics." It appears that even this worm can learn to shy away from pain. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2024-05-29 02:28 |
| #1 White House says it does not support sanctions against ICC |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-05-29 01:32 |