Word: exclusionism
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Activists know that universities, at their best, can be laboratories for democracy, communities committed to asking questions, challenging the established order, and advancing justice, freedom, and, one hopes, education for all. We also know that universities, at their worst, can be institutions of exclusion and oppression, hoarding power, privilege, and...
A little dose of populism might help light a fire under a political class that engenders more disdain than respect among the French. But experience has shown that people anywhere can be just as boneheaded as their politicians, and that pandering to them doesn't necessarily improve matters. One year...
In the modern world, science is everywhere. Whether it’s understanding a doctor’s prognosis, navigating the politics of global warming, or even just understanding that mixing bleach and ammonia is not a good idea, to be educated today means to be scientifically literate. It is...
Military recruiters returned to Harvard’s campus last week, enabled by a March Supreme Court decision that upheld the Solomon Amendment and forced universities to choose between granting military recruiters access or forfeiting hundreds of millions of dollars of federal research funds. For clear financial reasons, picking the...
After years of controversy, the Harvard College Women’s Center has finally opened, nestled somewhere in the bowels of Canaday Hall. It’s a quaint facility, really: All students, regardless of gender, can visit the Women’s Center for free coffee and tea (there...