This is the grave of Jared Sparks. Born in Willington, Connecticut in 1789, Sparks did not grow up wealthy. He went to his common, local schools, which by the standard of the day were among the best in the nation, but there was nothing special...
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As much as I personally loathe defending anyone in university administration, especially at schools like Harvard, it is important to note that whereas Penn completely caved to its right-wing donors.
The original college building, Harvard, 1638–1670
I don't know if the president of Harvard is trying to get Stalinist poetry written about him, but he certainly is serving the needs of the extremely rich. That's true even if they are scumbags, though that's a synonym for extremely rich. Harvard has named...
The hedge fund that runs a large institution of higher education treats its workers terrible. The graduate students recently went on a short strike. Harvard is now trying to force.
Standing Bear Good news for those of us who follow the history of major Euro-American institutions looting objects from tribal peoples around the world. And more importantly, good news for.
This is the grave of Louis Agassiz. Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz was born in 1807 in Switzerland. He became a scientist, attending some of the finest universities in Europe. He moved to Paris and became an acolyte of Alexander Von Humboldt, giving him access to...
This is an outstanding essay about the class divisions within feminism, using Harvard as a background. Sarah Leonard and Rebecca Rojer note that both famed Harvard graduate Sheryl Sandberg and.
I was reading an academic article yesterday and came across a reference to a 1952 cross burning at Harvard, as white students protested 8 black students living in a dorm..
One of the least told stories in American labor histories is the relationship between college campuses and labor unions. Today, college and university administrators are among the greatest unionbusters in the nation. We saw Long Island University's attempt to destroy their faculty union a couple...
Well, I guess that's a sort of argument: One of Harvard University’s “final clubs”—an undergraduate secret society—has broken a 225-year public silence to argue that admitting female members would likely.
Interesting piece on how John Reed became a socialist at Harvard, the legacy of that socialism at the college, and the rise of socialism today in the form of Sanders-loving.