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The Harvard Crimson A ‘Fundamental’ Shift: Harvard Institute of Politics Marred by Tensions, Turnover as Kennedy School Asserts Increased Control Previously unreported documents obtained by The Crimson reveal how concerns over the governance, performance, and leadership of Harvard’s storied Institute of Politics have come to a head in recent years. The Harvard Institute of Politics was founded in 1966 as a memorial to President John F. Kennedy ’40. A ‘Fundamental’ ...

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HKS Equity Coalition, a student group advocating for equity and justice at the Harvard Kennedy School, published an open letter in late January calling for several equity-related changes at the Kennedy School. The letter rearticulates demands the Coalition made in previous years, including the implementation of a semester-long course covering racism and colonialism, as well as biannual anti-racism workshops, a public audit of the Kennedy School’s course curricula, and the annual hiring of ...

For Morgan R. Pratt, a Master of Public Policy candidate at the Kennedy School, a daunting obstacle stands between them and their dream of pursuing a career in climate activism following graduation — student loan debt. “I have a lot of student loan debt and a really high propensity to do something in the public service industry,” Pratt said. “Right now, I have this huge incentive to just follow in the footsteps of my classmates and get a consulting gig — which would hel...

U.S. Representative Elise M. Stefanik ’06 (R-N.Y.) was removed from the Institute of Politics’s Senior Advisory Committee Tuesday morning, Harvard Kennedy School Dean Douglas W. Elmendorf announced in a letter sent to members of the committee. The decision comes after hundreds of Harvard affiliates circulated a petition last week calling on the IOP to sever ties with Stefanik for “improperly challenging” the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College...

In the wake of Wednesdays riots at the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., nearly 700 Harvard affiliates have petitioned for Harvard’s Institute of Politics to disaffiliate with U.S. Representative Elise M. Stefanik ’06 (R-N.Y.), a supporter of efforts to overturn Electoral College votes in favor of President Donald Trump. Stefanik, who serves on the IOPs Senior Advisory Committee, announced in a press release Monday that she planned to object to “certain contested electorsâ€...

Whats ahead for Asheville in 2021? Will tourism, economy, jobs rebound? John Boyle, Mackensy Lunsford and Derek Lacey, Asheville Citizen Times © Angeli Wright, ANGELI WRIGHT/ASHEVILLE CITIZEN TIMES Construction continues at Sycamore Cottages, a 130-home subdivision in the Fletcher area above Smileys Flea Market, on Oct. 16, 2020. Lets be brutally honest here: 2020 was a year for the wastebasket — or maybe a certain flushable device. Popular Searches The global pandemic shut...