Internal Harvard Report Criticizes School's Response to Antisemitism

Source: Wall Street Journal

Harvard University, under fire from the Trump administration, released its own long-awaited reports on campus antisemitism and anti-Muslim bias that paint a critical picture of the school’s political and academic climate.

The reports depict a divided campus where students on both sides of the Middle East conflict felt unsafe in the months after the Hamas attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. One faculty member quoted in the report cautioned: “I’ve never seen this university so polarized. There’s a fear that divisions at this university could be existential if unaddressed.”

In a message accompanying the report, Harvard President Alan Garber called the 2023-24 academic year “disappointing and painful” and apologized for the “moments when we failed to meet the high expectations we rightfully set for our community.”

The reports come at a high-stakes moment for the nation’s oldest and most prestigious university as it battles the Trump administration. The White House, alleging the school failed to protect Jewish students, has frozen billions in federal funding, threatened its tax-exempt status and launched a probe into its foreign funding. Harvard has fought back, suing the Trump administration earlier this month.

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