In Public, Harvard Is Fighting Trump. Quietly, It's Dismantling a Program the White House Doesn't Like

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Source: Chronicle of Higher Efucation

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In Public, Harvard Is Fighting Trump. Quietly, It's Dismantling a Program the White House Doesn't Like.

By Francie Diep June 9, 2025


Alan Garber, president of Harvard U., walks during commencement ceremonies on May 28.LIBBY O'NEILL, GETTY IMAGES

Harvard University has spent the last year slowly dismantling a religious-studies program that critics said was biased against Israel, five current and former employees told The Chronicle. Last week, the final hammer fell: The five remaining staff members employed by the Religion and Public Life program were called, one by one, into meetings with a representative from Harvard's human-resources department and the program's interim director, David F. Holland. There, the sources said, all learned their contracts would not be renewed.

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"Harvard University has spent the last year slowly dismantling a religious-studies program that critics said was biased against Israel." www.chronicle.com/article/in-p...

— Joshua J. Friedman (@joshuajfriedman.com) 2025-06-09T22:55:58.040Z

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"Harvard University has spent the last year slowly dismantling a religious-studies program that critics said was biased against Israel." www.chronicle.com/article/in-p...
Chronicle of Higher Education headline:

In Public, Harvard Is Fighting Trump.
Quietly, It's Dismantling a Program the White House Doesn't Like.
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June 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM

[MerrilyMerrily]

1. Misleading headline

If there were complaints of anti-Israel bias more than a year ago, that led to Harvard starting to dismantle the program a year ago - the current administration was not a factor in the decision to investigate the complaints.

The source and nature of the complaints would be helpful to know.