The Trump Effect — the Harvard Standard

A day after the 47th president is sworn in, the nation’s oldest university pledges to protect the campus from antisemitism.

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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

It was hardly 24 hours after President Trump swore the presidential oath that Harvard University pledged to undertake its most significant effort yet to shield Jewish and Israeli students from antisemitic discrimination on campus. The agreement, which settled two lawsuits against the school, was hailed by the leading authority on civil rights in higher education, Kenneth Marcus, as a “watershed moment.” Call it the Trump effect.

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