Harvard University Records Largest Drop in Annual Donations in a Decade — Will It Be a Wake Up Call?

Harvard is still facing at least three federal civil lawsuits, a civil rights probe by the Department of Education, and an investigation by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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Students protesting against the war in Gaza are seen at an encampment at Harvard University at Cambridge, Massachusetts, on April 25, 2024. AP/Ben Curtis

The news that Harvard University is facing the largest collapse in annual total donations in a decade confirms suspicions that donors, dissatisfied with the university’s response to anti-Israel protests that exploded on campus after Hamas’s October 7 attack, would put their money where their mouth is. 

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