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March 21, 2026
Trump’s Contested Campus Antisemitism Fight Is Accelerating Again
While some Jewish students and faculty members have applauded the Trump administration’s renewed push against antisemitism, others believe the government has different motives.
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March 20, 2026
Trump Sues Harvard Over Accusations of Antisemitism
The administration had spent months investigating the Ivy League school. The two sides had been in talks to negotiate a settlement.
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March 4, 2026
After Pete Hegseth Cut Pentagon Funding, Harvard Offers Options for Military
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said the Pentagon would end funds supporting active-duty service members at Harvard. The school is offering military students alternatives to defer or go elsewhere.
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March 2, 2026
Colleges See Spike in Students With Disabilities, Including Elite Schools
Universities from Harvard to Hampshire have admitted significantly more students with disabilities over the last decade, as diagnoses for A.D.H.D. and anxiety increase.
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February 25, 2026
Larry Summers Will Resign From Harvard After Jeffrey Epstein Revelations
Mr. Summers, former president of the school, had stepped back from teaching after documents showed a closer relationship to Jeffrey Epstein than previously known. He will leave at the end of the ac...
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February 6, 2026
Harvard Proposes Capping As at 20 Percent to Curb Grade Inflation
A recent report found that a majority of grades given out at Harvard were A’s. Professors will vote on a proposal to limit the number to around 20 percent.
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February 4, 2026
Trump, Changing Course, Throws Harvard Deal Talks Into Chaos
In the latest example of his mercurial negotiating style, President Trump went from dropping his ask for a $200 million fine to demanding $1 billion from the university.
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January 29, 2026
One Solution for Too Many A’s? Harvard Considers Giving A-Pluses
Harvard University has been trying to cut back how many A grades professors give. Now, 53 percent of grades are A’s, down from 60 percent.
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January 15, 2026
Harvard Slips on a Global Ranking List, as Chinese Schools Surge Ahead
Harvard still dominates, though it fell to No. 3 on a list measuring academic output. Other American universities are falling farther behind their global peers.
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