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Yale should follow GE to Boston

Maybe Yale should move. That's the reaction of at least one Yale graduate, the Cato Institute's Walter Olson, to the news that the Connecticut state legislature is reportedly considering imposing a new tax on endowment income of universities with endowments larger than $10 billion.

Massachusetts

This week in New England history: March 21-27

A list of significant dates in New England history: March 21

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Harvard sex assault committee takes aim at all-male Final Clubs

CAMBRIDGE — A recently released report by a Harvard University sexual assault task force takes aim at the school's elite all-male Final Clubs, the fraternity-like social organizations that operate off-campus, blaming them for a climate of sexual assault on campus. In pointing the finger at the Final Clubs, the

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Harvard grads will hear from Hollywood great Spielberg

CAMBRIDGE – Call it a case of the Ivy League going Hollywood. Harvard University will feature Academy Award-winning film director Steven Spielberg as its commencement speaker on May 26, the Cambridge school said Thursday. He'll be the star of the school's 365th graduation exercise.

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Lexington recoils from bid to ban certain gun types

LEXINGTON — A liberal activist and prominent Harvard University scholar wants to ban a lengthy list of semi-automatic firearms in a town famous for its Battle Green and its role in launching the American Revolution. Hundreds of people showed up at a Board of Selectmen meeting Tuesday night, in which resident

Massachusetts

Harvard Law bows to activist calls to drop slaveholder crest

CAMBRIDGE – Royall appears to be falling. Harvard Law School, which last year saw activist students demand that the institution scrub the emblem honoring the family of an early benefactor, Isaac Royall Jr., over his ownership of slaves 300 years ago, caved to pressures this week and voted to support dumping

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Gender Studies on campus

A recent report by Investor's Business Daily documents the disturbing trend in American higher education away from teaching the great works of Western civilization and toward the teaching of many disciplines through the eyes of the oppressed. As an example, the report points to the University of California

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Women’s Studies programs need intellectual diversity

College leaders spend a lot of time talking about the need for diversity on campus. They want to make sure that different races, ethnicities, religions, and sexual orientations are represented. To some extent, this makes sense: Colleges are supposed to expose students to a variety of perspectives. It helps to