Harvard will no longer take positions on issues that don’t affect its ‘core functions’

Harvard announces that it will stop releasing political statements

On Tuesday, Harvard officials announced that the university would adopt a formal stance of ideological neutrality on political events and other controversial issues. The decision comes after months of tumultuous campus protests over the war between Israel and Hamas. Earlier this month, a faculty-led working group published a report that strongly recommended adopting a neutral stance on topics that do not directly concern the university itself. "…

Harvard Says It Will Refrain From Taking Stance on Public Matters That Don’t Affect Its ‘Core Function’

Harvard University said on Tuesday that it would refrain from taking a stance on matters that are not related to “the core function” of the university amid protests over the ongoing Israel–Hamas war in Gaza. This comes as university leaders accepted a faculty committee’s report, which states that they should not “issue official statements about public matters that do not directly affect the university’s core function,” according to a May 28 stat…

Harvard will no longer comment on public matters unrelated to 'core function'

Harvard will no longer comment on public matters unrelated to its 'core function' amid ongoing tensions related to the Israel-Hamas war.

Harvard University to stay silent on issues outside of university’s ‘core function’

After Harvard University faced the brunt of backlash after Oct. 7 related to the Israel-Hamas war, the institution declared it would no longer issue statements that are outside of the “university’s core function.”

Harvard Will Stop Issuing Statements on Public Matters Outside its 'Core Function'

‘The university and its leaders should not, however, issue official statements about public matters that do not directly affect the university’s core function,’ the university says.

Harvard to refrain from statements on political issues

Harvard University will refrain from making statements on public policy issues not directly related to institutional functions, interim president Alan M. Garber announced Tuesday in a campus-wide email. Garber noted the decision grew out of recommendations by the Institutional Voice Working Group established in April “to consider whether and when our institution should issue official statements on publicly salient issues.”