Alan Garber
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We need to be firm in our commitments to what we stand for. And what we stand for, I believe, is education, pursuit of the truth. When we fail in that, then we can expect to be attacked.
We need to be firm in our commitments to what we stand for. And what we stand for, I believe, is education, pursuit of the truth. When we fail in that, then we can expect to be attacked.
We need to be firm in our commitments to what we stand for. And what we stand for, I believe, is education, pursuit of the truth. When we fail in that, then we can expect to be attacked.
And that is why, insofar as there are people who would like to see these universities brought down in some sense... I think that their fire is misdirected because we have a common interest in making the nation and indeed the world a better place.
And that is why, insofar as there are people who would like to see these universities brought down in some sense... I think that their fire is misdirected because we have a common interest in making the nation and indeed the world a better place.
And that is why, insofar as there are people who would like to see these universities brought down in some sense... I think that their fire is misdirected because we have a common interest in making the nation and indeed the world a better place.
Why cut off research funding? Sure, it hurts Harvard, but it hurts the country. Because after all, the research funding, it's not a gift. The research funding... is given to universities and other research institutions to carry out work that the federal government designates as high-priority work.
Why cut off research funding? Sure, it hurts Harvard, but it hurts the country. Because after all, the research funding, it's not a gift. The research funding... is given to universities and other research institutions to carry out work that the federal government designates as high-priority work.
Why cut off research funding? Sure, it hurts Harvard, but it hurts the country. Because after all, the research funding, it's not a gift. The research funding... is given to universities and other research institutions to carry out work that the federal government designates as high-priority work.
Shutting off that work does not help the country, even as it punishes Harvard, and it is hard to see the link between that and, say, anti-Semitism.
Shutting off that work does not help the country, even as it punishes Harvard, and it is hard to see the link between that and, say, anti-Semitism.
Shutting off that work does not help the country, even as it punishes Harvard, and it is hard to see the link between that and, say, anti-Semitism.
We shouldn't be in an echo chamber. Everyone in our community needs to hear other views. And let me add, that's one reason why it is so important for us to be able to have international students on our campus. There is so much that they contribute to our environment, and they enable everyone else to open their minds.
We shouldn't be in an echo chamber. Everyone in our community needs to hear other views. And let me add, that's one reason why it is so important for us to be able to have international students on our campus. There is so much that they contribute to our environment, and they enable everyone else to open their minds.
We shouldn't be in an echo chamber. Everyone in our community needs to hear other views. And let me add, that's one reason why it is so important for us to be able to have international students on our campus. There is so much that they contribute to our environment, and they enable everyone else to open their minds.
If the government goes through with a plan to revoke our tax-exempt status, it would, number one, be highly illegal unless there is some reasoning that we have not been exposed to that would justify this dramatic move. But tax-exempt status is granted to educational institutions. to enable them to successfully carry out their mission of education and for research universities of research.
If the government goes through with a plan to revoke our tax-exempt status, it would, number one, be highly illegal unless there is some reasoning that we have not been exposed to that would justify this dramatic move. But tax-exempt status is granted to educational institutions. to enable them to successfully carry out their mission of education and for research universities of research.
Obviously, that would be severely impaired if we were to lose our tax-exempt status. And I should add, it would be destructive to Harvard, but the message that it sends to the educational community would be a very dire one, which suggests that political disagreements could be used as a basis to pose what might be an existential threat to so many educational institutions.
Obviously, that would be severely impaired if we were to lose our tax-exempt status. And I should add, it would be destructive to Harvard, but the message that it sends to the educational community would be a very dire one, which suggests that political disagreements could be used as a basis to pose what might be an existential threat to so many educational institutions.