Higher Ed Has Never Been This Low
From Trump's attacks on foreign students to ChatGPT’s disruption of actual reading and writing, it’s not a great moment for education.
Did you ever think you'd feel bad for Harvard?
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President Trump can’t seem to stop hating on Harvard, so I guess we gotta talk about it. Today, a letter revealed that his administration plans to rip up $100 million worth of federal contracts with the university. In case you need reminding, Harvard is the oldest and richest school in the nation, so people are very, ahem, passionate about it, as evidenced by this 2,264-word tweet billionaire hedge fund investor Bill Ackman fired off on Memorial Day.