ViewpointsOpinionWhat’s Really at Stake With ‘Harvard’SavePrintPeople walk through Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on Dec. 12, 2023. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty ImagesRoger Kimball12/20/2023|Updated: 12/26/20230:00X 1CommentaryThe appalling testimony by the presidents of MIT, Harvard, and the University of Pennsylvania before the House Education Committee earlier this month has been the subject of widespread criticism, ridicule, and head-shaking surprise.Share this articleLeave a commentRoger KimballAuthorRoger Kimball is the editor and publisher of The New Criterion and publisher of Encounter Books. His most recent book is “Where Next? Western Civilization at the Crossroads.”Author’s Selected ArticlesStillbirth of a Meme, With a Brief Cadenza on ‘Lawfare’Jun 03, 2024Annals of the Art World: Everything Old Is New AgainMay 30, 2024Is Utilitarianism Useful?May 20, 2024A Healing Zephyr of a BookMay 15, 2024Related TopicsAmerican universities