Harvard

MCCARTHY: Harvard says yes to discrimination, no to Western civilization

January 9, 2026 Daniel McCarthy

At Harvard University today, professors who teach Western history are history. James Hankins, a specialist in Renaissance thought, was one of the last holdouts. Now Hankins, who has just published a hefty book that teaches […]

Report outlines DEI impact on US medical schools

September 15, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A new report issued by the James G. Martin Center outlines how diversity, equity and inclusion at medical schools in the United States compromises “academic standards, undermine merit-based admissions and hiring, and jeopardize […]

RYAN: Trump administration ensuring colleges follow Supreme Court ruling

August 22, 2025 Casey Ryan

With concerns that some universities are bypassing the Supreme Court’s ruling to ban affirmative action in admissions, President Donald Trump and his administration are working overtime to ensure institutions of higher learning follow the law […]

RYAN: Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard brings back meritocracy

July 4, 2025 Casey Ryan

Two years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court upended decades of precedent by ruling that universities could no longer use affirmative action to determine admissions for students. In the case Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, […]

HARSANYI: We have no constitutional or moral duty to subsidize Harvard

June 6, 2025 David Harsanyi

Do taxpayers have a constitutional duty to bankroll Harvard University? On MSNBC, David French argued that the Trump administration’s defunding of Harvard is little more than “political retaliation.” In the United States, we don’t sentence […]

HILL: Give Harvard your tax money ― so they can be “independent”?

April 24, 2025 Frank Hill

In one defiant Patrick Henry-esque statement, Harvard University President Alan Garber encapsulated the divide between what private money and ownership can do and what public taxpayer dollars should do ― even though that was not […]

Following review, Business Insider stands by reports on wife of ex-Harvard president’s critic

January 18, 2024 Associated Press

NEW YORK — Business Insider’s top executive and parent company said Sunday they were satisfied with the fairness and accuracy of stories that made plagiarism accusations against a former MIT professor who is married to […]

MATTHEWS: Shameful reactions to SCOTUS affirmative action ruling

July 5, 2023 Stacey Matthews

On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that the race-based college admissions processes used by Harvard and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) violated the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection […]

College Basketball Roundup: Pelote’s 18 leads Western Carolina in rout

November 14, 2022 The Associated Press

CULLOWHEE — Bernard Pelote’s 18 points helped Western Carolina defeat Brescia 112-45 on Sunday night. Pelote added six rebounds for the Catamounts (1-2). DJ Campbell added 17 points while shooting 7 for 13, including 1 […]

Where does it end? US Supreme Court questions continued use of race in college admissions

November 9, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Justices on the U.S. Supreme Court questioned the continued use of race-based college admissions practices involving two such cases during oral arguments heard on Oct. 31. The justices were in no rush, taking […]