Editor’s Letter

Reflections from the editor on the issue’s themes and the state of the magazine.

Higher Education at an Inflection Point

Making the case for higher education, diversity, the humanities, speech, and more—at a perilous time

Who Should Define Campus Free Speech?

Skirmishing about what it means to protest

On Harvard's Academic Agenda

How the administration might pursue Harvard’s core mission, pare bureaucracy, and promote Veritas

Harvard Disciplinary Dysfunction

Learning from the spring protest and punishments

Disruptions to Harvard's 2023-2024 Academic Year

Diminished academic freedom, endangered disciplines, lost academic focus, and more

Raising Voices

Saying things unsaid since October 7

A Look in the Mirror

Challenges for Harvard governance and leadership

Harvard Sundered

Amid the Middle Eastern crisis, preserving room for reasoned debate

Legacies’ Legacy

Adapting admissions to new socioeconomic and political circumstances

Not Sporting?

Crimson athletics meets the transfer portal, compensation for student names and images, different demographics, and other looming threats