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[–] [email protected] 154 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

Seems like such a contradicting message from a school that is supposed to encourage independent thinking.

Edit: colleges with large endowment funds seem like glorified businesses with conflicts of interest.

[–] [email protected] 85 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Harvard does not encourage independent thinking. Where would you get that impression?

[–] [email protected] 54 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Suppressing what was clearly a peaceful protest. Almost all these colleges have used the police and violence to escalate things and then blame the students for their inability to take criticism.

Edit: I think I misread your comment, I agree maybe they don’t encourage it, but should if they want to be considered a college.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 5 months ago

Any college that refers to their graduates as “a [college name] man” clearly expects a large degree of conformity.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 5 months ago

"any institution with an endowment as large as Harvard's isn't a school, it's a hedge fund that offers classes, and should lose it's tax exempt status"... Sorry I forget who said it, and I'm paraphrasing

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Just the 'Murican and Bri'ish ones.

[–] [email protected] 75 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They're denying the degrees ENTIRELY or simply not granting them at commencement?

Because after 4 years and who knows how many thousands of dollars, there's likely a contractual obligation to supply the degree.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 5 months ago (1 children)

CAMBRIDGE - Thirteen Harvard University students who participated in the pro-Palestinian protest encampment on campus will not get their degrees at commencement Thursday.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Thursday

They will still get the degree

Edit: CBS, ABC and the rest of mainstream media have turned into clickbait

Edit2: the article has been updated, the Harvard corporate board over ruled faculty. Students will not receive degrees at this time because demanding BDS

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Well summarized ;)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I just read the last part of the Harvard statement included in the CBS article:

We will consider conferral of degrees promptly if, following the completion of all FAS processes, a student becomes eligible to receive a degree.

It sounds like they're not getting degrees. Am I missing something here?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Harvard is dead. Fuck em. They’ve lost all my respect.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

I haven't been able to find any explanation from Harvard about who the specific students were, or why they were singled out for punishment. Does anybody know? Were they the leaders of the protest? Were they accused of specific acts that were considered more serious than what other students did? I saw one article that said two of them are Rhodes Scholars, but I can't find much more information.