(Western Journal)—As the Trump administration keeps up the pressure on Harvard University, a new report says the college is looking at a $1 billion project that might create a center for conservative scholarship as a way to stave off the administration.
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, the concept has been in discussion for several years, and would cost between $500 million and $1 billion. The report cited a source it did not name.
A Harvard representative said it is keen to “promote and support viewpoint diversity.”
The concept batted about of a conservative-leaning institute “will ensure exposure to the broadest ranges of perspectives on issues, and will not be partisan, but rather will model the use of evidence-based, rigorous logic and a willingness to engage with opposing views,” the representative said.
Last year, a Harvard survey found only a third of Harvard’s graduating class was comfortable discussing topics on a campus that was aflame with anti-Israel protests after Hamas massacred Israeli civilians in October 2023. A 2023 student newspaper survey showed 3 percent of Harvard faculty labeled themselves as conservative.
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