A recent feature argues that Harvard’s campus climate has entered an 'anti‑woke' phase that critics say has tightened the range of acceptable discourse. The reporting highlights decisions and administrative signals that faculty and students say feel stifling, adding to a national wave of debates over academic expression, governance and the role of elite institutions in public life. The piece cites high‑profile examples that have made Harvard a lightning rod for national criticism about campus speech and governance. University leaders and trustees are now navigating intense public scrutiny while balancing donor, alumni and political pressures. Faculty governance offices, provosts and counsel should track Harvard’s administrative responses and any policy shifts—those precedents often ripple across peer institutions and can drive litigation, accreditation scrutiny or federal political attention.
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