Harvard University underwent a significant transformation within a year, going from a tumultuous commencement marked by student protests to an event where students and faculty celebrated President Alan Garber. This change coincided with the university's response to heightened tensions regarding free speech and political pressures from the Trump administration, which threatened to withdraw federal funding. Harvard ultimately chose to defend its principles by suing the administration, positioning itself as a leader in academic freedom. The ideals of pursuing truth without limitations were reaffirmed at the latest commencement.
that's what has happened at Harvard, where students and faculty gave President Alan Garber a standing ovation at commencement Thursday just a year after protests disrupted graduation ceremonies when hundreds of students walked out.
The answer is, at least partly, that Donald Trump happened. In the 16 months following Hamas' attack on Israel... Harvard was embroiled in internal conflicts over Gaza, Israel, Palestine and the boundaries of campus free speech.
In response, the university made the only decision possible to protect its academic freedom and integrity: It sued and became the de facto leading institution in resisting executive overreach.
The idea is not that there is a single path to truth, or that any one person or institution can ever say what the truth is.
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