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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michelle Del Rey

Harvard announces school leaders will stay out of hot-button political issues from now on

AP

Harvard University announced on Tuesday that leadership will no longer make public statements on controversial issues, months after its president resigned following backlash over a statement she made on the Israel-Hamas war.

A faculty-led “Institutional Voice” working group made the decision that leaders will not to “issue official statements about public matters that do not directly affect the university’s core function.”

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