Tuesday's announcement follows Harvard drawing intense backlash over its actions during the onset of the Israel-Hamas war.
FILE - People take photos near a John Harvard statue, left, on the Harvard University campus, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. Tuesday it will no longer comment on “issues outside its core function ,” citing a desire to not become “a government.”
The decision follows a report by two university working groups which examined the impact of statements by Harvard and other universities. Working group chairs say they concluded Harvard should refrain from speaking out on an issue that does not affect its operations directly. “The main point of the report is that the University’s leadership can and should speak out on anything relevant to the core function of the University, which is creating an environment suitable for free, open inquiry, teaching, and research,” law professor Noah Feldman said. “At the same time, the University as an institution should not make official statements on issues outside its core function.
“One comment from a focus group with students that stands out in my mind is, ‘everyone gets the emails and then everyone feels bad,’" Feldman said. “We’ve come to understand just how unsatisfactory statements truly are and how far they stray from our core function as an institution of higher learning.”, which requires the school to remain neutral out of respect for ideological diversity.
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