Harvard Says It Will Refrain From Taking Stance on Public Matters That Don’t Affect Its ‘Core Function’

Published on May 29, 2024

Harvard University said on Tuesday that it would refrain from taking a stance on matters that are not related to “the core function” of the university amid protests over the ongoing Israel–Hamas war in Gaza. This comes as university leaders accepted a faculty committee’s report, which states that they should not “issue official statements about public matters that do not directly affect the university’s core function,” according to a May 28 statement. The committee, dubbed the Institutional Voice Working Group, said in a three-page-long report that “the integrity and credibility of the institution are compromised when the university speaks officially on matters outside its institutional area of expertise.”...

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