Warning of ‘Grave’ Errors, Powerful Donors Push Universities on Hamas

Warning of ‘Grave’ Errors, Powerful Donors Push Universities on Hamas

Wall Street financiers are pressing elite schools to condemn criticism of Israel. Amid pressure, the University of Pennsylvania on Sunday issued a statement referring to Hamas’s attack as terrorism.
Do Legacy Admissions Policies Have a Future?

Do Legacy Admissions Policies Have a Future?

Critics have accused them of boosting white, wealthy college applicants. But elite schools like Harvard may be reluctant to shut a source of alumni cash.