During a recent NPR interview, Harvard President Alan Garber conceded that the Ivy League instituion has a “problem” with a locak of conservative views.
Garber’s was asked asked about the Trump administration’s decision to freeze billions in federal grants due, in part, to antisemitism on campus.
“In my view, the federal government is saying that we need to address antisemitism in particular, but it has raised other issues, and it includes claims that we lack viewpoint diversity,” Garber said.
Garber continued: “We think it’s a real problem if — particularly a research university’s — students don’t feel free to speak their minds, when faculty feel that they have to think twice before they talk about the subjects that they’re teaching. That’s a real problem that we need to address.”
“And it’s particularly concerning when people have views that they think are unpopular. And the administration and others have said conservatives are too few on campus and their views are not welcome. In so far as that’s true, that’s a problem we really need to address.”
Asked if it was true, Garber responded: “I think that we have heard from some people that they do feel that way.”
More over at The New York Post:
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