Lawmakers Demand Governing Boards of Harvard, MIT, and UPenn Fire Their Presidents After Controversial Hearing

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is demanding the governing board members of Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) dismiss their presidents following their controversial responses at a campus anti-Semitism hearing. In a Dec. 5 letter, 72 lawmakers expressed their disappointment over the responses from the three college presidents during the hearing “Holding Campus Leaders Accountable and Confronting Anti-Semitism” held the same day. At the testimony, when asked whether calling for the genocide of Jews violates rules or the code of conduct of the universities regarding bullying or harassment, all three presidents gave carefully guarded, evasive answers, avoiding saying outright that such action violates their college rules....