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Harvard Law profs challenge federal sex-assault ‘guidance’

CAMBRIDGE – A collection of prominent law school professors, including Harvard's Alan Dershowitz, shot back at President Barack Obama's Education Department over its practice of using "Dear Colleague" letters to lay down policy mandates that ride roughshod over Americans' constitutional rights. A letter from

Massachusetts

Children’s Hospital, Harvard expand to save lives, educate youth

BOSTON – Greg Young is a Trustee of Boston Children's Hospital as well as President and CEO of its Physician's Organization. According to one of his patients, who grew from a busy toddler into a busy young man, "Greg is a great guy, who takes time

Massachusetts

WATCH: Exploring the best of Harvard Square

CAMBRIDGE — Even for non-students, living near a world-famous college has its perks. In the last few months alone, I've sat front row at a free lecture by Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Marilynne Robinson, had the rare opportunity to visit the storerooms below the Harvard Semitic Museum, and see a

Massachusetts

In 2016 presidential race, echoes of Brown v. Warren

BOSTON – Former Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) may have lost his 2012 race for re-election to Harvard Law School Professor Elizabeth Warren, but he is ready to take on Warren again – this year on the presidential campaign trail. Although neither Brown nor Warren are running for president in this election cycle,

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This Boston company finds an innovative way to support student literacy

Education is in desperate need of reform — and startups and nonprofits are leading the way. One organization that is tackling literacy development with an innovative solution is CommonLit. Founded by Michelle Brown after her experience teaching 7th grade English at a high-poverty school in rural Mississippi, the organization aims to

Yale

Asian groups target Ivy League for racial discrimination

A coalition of over 100 Asian-American groups is filing an administrative complaint with the United States Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights against three Ivy League schools, accusing them of illegally discriminating against Asians in admissions. The complaint against Yale University, Brown University, and Dartmouth College is

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Harvard students dish on ‘college crybaby’ culture in video

As words and phrases such as "safe space" and "micro-aggressions" find their way onto college campuses at an increasing rate, a belief has begun to form that our nation's universities are little more than cribs to coddle America's youth. [perfectpullquote align="

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Outside candidates look to crash Harvard Overseers race

CAMBRIDGE — Three out of five members of the slate of candidates running for seats on the Harvard's second most powerful governing board on a platform of free tuition and greater transparency in admissions are adding another issue to their platform: freedom of association. Led by conservative businessman Ron