Harvard’s Fundraising Crisis

The president of America’s wealthiest university discovers that in the wake of its failure to defend its Jewish students, fundraising has been ‘disappointing.’

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Harvard's president, Alan Garber, left, the former president, Lawrence Bacow, center, and actor Tom Hanks, right, at commencement exercises on May 25, 2023. AP/Steven Senne

“Disappointing” is the word being used by Harvard University’s president, Alan Garber, to describe the plunge in financial contributions that the school has recorded this year. His comment, during an interview with the Crimson last week, previews the release later this month of the University’s 2024 financial report, which is expected to show a collapse in funding as a result of Harvard’s pusillanimity in the wake of the war against Israel. 

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