{"id":2208860,"date":"2024-03-29T04:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T08:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harvard-sees-small-drop-in-applications-as-it-weathers-controversy\/"},"modified":"2024-03-29T04:49:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T08:49:00","slug":"harvard-sees-small-drop-in-applications-as-it-weathers-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harvard-sees-small-drop-in-applications-as-it-weathers-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvard experiences slight decrease in applications amidst ongoing controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fharvard-sees-small-drop-in-applications-as-it-weathers-controversy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2208860&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Harvard experienced a slight decline in undergraduate applications due to controversy surrounding plagiarism and antisemitism.\u200b Despite receiving about 3,000 \u2062fewer applications \u200ccompared to the\u2063 previous year, marking\u200d a 5.14% decrease, Harvard observed consistent high application numbers over the years. The institution&#8217;s reputation \u2063has been under scrutiny, leading to various federal investigations and \u2063public criticism \u2064from\u200d alumni.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>After months of controversy over plagiarism and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/antisemitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>antisemitism<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/harvard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Harvard<\/a> saw a small drop in undergraduate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>applications<\/a> for the class of 2028, according to data published Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>The school received nearly 3,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-weekly-jobless-claims-increase-moderately\/\" title=\"U.S. weekly jobless claims increase moderately\">000 fewer applications<\/a> this year than last, although the drop represented a modest 5.14% decrease in applicants overall. Harvard noted that this year marked the fourth in a row for which more than 50,000 students applied. <\/p>\n<p>The small drop in the number of students seeking regular admission to Harvard followed a more significant 17% <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2023\/12\/14\/early-action-2028\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"decrease\">decrease<\/a> in applicants to Harvard for early action, according to numbers the school released in December. Overall, 1,245 students were <a href=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2024\/03\/college-accepts-1937-to-class-of-2028-admissions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>accepted<\/a> for the regular admissions cycle, who will join 692 students accepted in December in early action.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yale-law-students-said-a-top-journal-was-racist-admissions-data-suggest-otherwise\/\" title=\"Yale Law Students Said a Top Journal Was Racist. Admissions Data Suggest Otherwise.\">admissions data<\/a> came amid speculation about how recent reputational damage to Harvard might affect interest in the school, as noted in late February when Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Yale School of Management professor, shared concerns about how Harvard\u2019s tumultuous past year had potentially damaged academia as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite near 400 years of history, the value of brand equity is nowhere near as permanent as Harvard trustees think it is,\u201d he said last month, according to the <em>New York Times<\/em>. \u201cThere used to be a term in the industry of something being the Cadillac of the industry. Well, Cadillac itself is, you know, sadly not the Cadillac of the industry anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harvard has endured a rocky year since the last class was admitted to the school, facing a litany of scandals calling into question the school\u2019s academic integrity and treatment of Jewish students. <\/p>\n<p>The school appears to have been in free fall since its former president, Claudine Gay, sparked a firestorm that began with her botching testimony about antisemitism on Capitol Hill and ended weeks later with her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/claudine-gay-to-keep-900k-salary-as-harvard-professor\/\" title=\"Claudine Gay to retain 0K salary at Harvard\">resignation amid plagiarism allegations<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Harvard is the subject of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-democrat-requests-criminal-investigation-into-desantis-immigrant-flights\/\" title=\"CA Democrat seeks criminal probe into DeSantis' immigrant flights.\">multiple federal investigations<\/a>. Two of the investigations were launched by the Department of Education\u2019s Office for Civil Rights, with one probing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/02\/07\/us\/harvard-palestinian-discrimination-complaint.html\">anti-Muslim bias<\/a> and the other looking into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/11\/29\/us\/harvard-antisemitism-civil-rights-investigation.html\">antisemitism<\/a>. Another antisemitism investigation was launched by the House Education and Workforce Committee, which has reached a fevered pitch with subpoenas and accusations of \u201cmalfeasance\u201d from committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC).<\/p>\n<p>The school has also been on the receiving end of public criticism and boycotts from prominent alumni, who have at times given vast sums of money to the school. <\/p>\n<p>Some billionaire alumni donors have decided to boycott donating, as the Washington Examiner reported, including hedge fund manager Kenneth C. Griffin, whose monetary support for the school has totaled roughly $500 million, and businessman and philanthropist Leonard V. Blavatnik, whose $200 million donation stands as the single largest in school history. Both said they would stop their support.<\/p>\n<p>Harvard\u2019s spiraling also resulted in multiple lawsuits, one of which came from six students calling the school a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/01\/11\/us\/harvard-antisemitism-lawsuit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>bastion<\/a>\u201d of antisemitism and the other from alumni who argue \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/2024\/02\/22\/harvard-graduates-sue-university-saying-rampant-antisemitism-has-devalued-their-diplomas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>rampant antisemitism<\/a>\u201d has devalued their diplomas.<\/p>\n<p>Likely the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/harvard-claudine-gay-and-the-education-of-bill-ackman-plagiarism-fa0aef3b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-democrats-have-good-reason-to-be-afraid-of-defending-biden\/\" title=\"ANALYSIS: Democrats Have Good Reason To Be Afraid Of Defending Biden\">high-profile criticism<\/a><\/a> has come from billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, who is widely considered a driving force behind the ouster of Gay. Ackman has given an unknown amount, potentially tens of millions of dollars over the years, to his two-time alma mater.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ackman drew an enormous amount of attention to problems at Harvard, loudly criticizing the school for its dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion, its apparent leniency with antisemitism, and plagiarism scandals that did not stop at Gay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHad Claudine Gay had a perfect academic record, she\u2019d still be a failed leader at Harvard,\u201d Ackman said, according to the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>. He cited problems with her leadership that included \u201chow she led the institution, how she let antisemitism erupt on campus; how she responded to the 34 student groups; the lack of free speech on campus, the campus culture, the speech codes \u2026 the DEI department.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following months of plagiarism and antisemitism debates, Harvard witnessed a minor decline in undergraduate applications for the class of 2028. Recent data showed nearly 3,000 fewer applications compared to last year, marking a 5.14% decrease. 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