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In that same statement announcing that you would lose the right to host international students, the DHS was able to link to one of Harvard's own documents. It's a report by a presidential commission to you, so it's your commission investigating problems at Harvard University. And I read through the document. There are a lot of accusations in there about things that have gone wrong here.
In that same statement announcing that you would lose the right to host international students, the DHS was able to link to one of Harvard's own documents. It's a report by a presidential commission to you, so it's your commission investigating problems at Harvard University. And I read through the document. There are a lot of accusations in there about things that have gone wrong here.
And my eye fell on one sentence, which I wrote down. I'll quote it to you. Since fall 2023, different factions at Harvard have fought to force various university leaders to make statements, invest, divest, hire, fire, dox, undox, discipline students, and undiscipline them. That's your own commission talking about this university. How would you define the problem?
And my eye fell on one sentence, which I wrote down. I'll quote it to you. Since fall 2023, different factions at Harvard have fought to force various university leaders to make statements, invest, divest, hire, fire, dox, undox, discipline students, and undiscipline them. That's your own commission talking about this university. How would you define the problem?
And my eye fell on one sentence, which I wrote down. I'll quote it to you. Since fall 2023, different factions at Harvard have fought to force various university leaders to make statements, invest, divest, hire, fire, dox, undox, discipline students, and undiscipline them. That's your own commission talking about this university. How would you define the problem?
Would you say that anti-Semitism on your campus is better, worse, or about the same as it would be anywhere else in America?
Would you say that anti-Semitism on your campus is better, worse, or about the same as it would be anywhere else in America?
Would you say that anti-Semitism on your campus is better, worse, or about the same as it would be anywhere else in America?
Is that a small example of what you're trying to do in a large way? You want to allow all sorts of ideas, but you want people to be able to engage each other civilly and not... Exactly.
Is that a small example of what you're trying to do in a large way? You want to allow all sorts of ideas, but you want people to be able to engage each other civilly and not... Exactly.
Is that a small example of what you're trying to do in a large way? You want to allow all sorts of ideas, but you want people to be able to engage each other civilly and not... Exactly.
Is this what you mean when, in the lawsuit, you say that without international students, which is a quarter of your student body, Harvard would not be Harvard? Absolutely. You argue that it's a benefit for U.S.-born students to have the international students here? Absolutely.
Is this what you mean when, in the lawsuit, you say that without international students, which is a quarter of your student body, Harvard would not be Harvard? Absolutely. You argue that it's a benefit for U.S.-born students to have the international students here? Absolutely.
Is this what you mean when, in the lawsuit, you say that without international students, which is a quarter of your student body, Harvard would not be Harvard? Absolutely. You argue that it's a benefit for U.S.-born students to have the international students here? Absolutely.
We're listening to the NPR interview with Alan Garber, the president of Harvard University. Now, people have strong feelings about Harvard, and that's what we'll discuss in the next part of our interview. What would the president say to somebody who thinks this elite university deserves what it's getting? Stay with us.
We're listening to the NPR interview with Alan Garber, the president of Harvard University. Now, people have strong feelings about Harvard, and that's what we'll discuss in the next part of our interview. What would the president say to somebody who thinks this elite university deserves what it's getting? Stay with us.
We're listening to the NPR interview with Alan Garber, the president of Harvard University. Now, people have strong feelings about Harvard, and that's what we'll discuss in the next part of our interview. What would the president say to somebody who thinks this elite university deserves what it's getting? Stay with us.
Our conversation with Alan Garber took place at the start of Harvard's graduation week. It's a week spent celebrating the university and its traditions and its students. We saw the preparations around campus. But of course, most voters never attend Harvard, and that political reality informed the last part of our conversation with the university president.
Our conversation with Alan Garber took place at the start of Harvard's graduation week. It's a week spent celebrating the university and its traditions and its students. We saw the preparations around campus. But of course, most voters never attend Harvard, and that political reality informed the last part of our conversation with the university president.
Our conversation with Alan Garber took place at the start of Harvard's graduation week. It's a week spent celebrating the university and its traditions and its students. We saw the preparations around campus. But of course, most voters never attend Harvard, and that political reality informed the last part of our conversation with the university president.