Despite having the purpose of making higher education more accessible to students, federal policy initiatives intended to support the affordability of college education, such as increasing federal student loan supplies, appear to be linked to the rise in college tuition.
We have a right to say no to endless, back-to-back Zoom meetings or to cut ourselves the slack of an extension. We have a right to prioritize our wellbeing, and there is no shame in that.
If students, academics, and politicians continue to push back against revisionist histories like Ramseyer’s, perhaps the road to reconciliation on the "comfort women" issue will be shorter than expected.
This is an argument in favor of breaks. An argument in favor of downtime, in favor of individuality, in favor of the idea that you are not just a transcript or a resume, that you are a whole person.
After a year of hardship, Harvard needs to encourage students to take advantage of the virtual format of internships, volunteer work, and summer school and allow for appropriate multiple sources of funding.
Sixteen percent of students replied that Harvard should be able to hire known racist or white supremacist teachers, often citing that cancel culture overuses and misuses these labels.
Harvard is taking advantage of our desire for the freshman experience we imagined as we applied to college, arbitrarily sacrificing our first year to scour for room and board fees like a kid flipping couch cushions for loose change. Harvard knows the Class of 2024 is starved for a crumb of normalcy
Complaints about Harvard's massive endowment are common, but that ire is misdirected; a shift in focus would better actualize any changes student activists want.
