Leaking Israeli Attack Plans Is a Tool of U.S. Policy
But whose, and for what purpose?
April 21, 2025
By abandoning learning in favor of activism, America’s colleges have forfeited their purpose.
In its latest move against the universities, the Trump administration has threatened to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status. Schools like Harvard now face difficult decisions about whether to make the sorts of reforms the government is calling for. Donna Robinson Divine considers some of the debates around these policies, and the ways institutions of higher learning have brought their current troubles on themselves:
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By abandoning learning in favor of activism, America’s colleges have forfeited their purpose.
A visit to the fever swamps.
And the tragedy of Jews in Western music.
An interview with Yosef Blau.