Employees were notified about their termination on Thursday — effective the same day. The post Harvard outsources Slavery Remembrance Program, lays off staff appeared first on Boston.com.
Staff told Harvard's student newspaper that they were not given any advance notice of the decision to lay off staff and outsource research to a nonprofit.
Antisemitism, Harvard University
Harvard University will provide additional protections for Jewish students under a settlement announced on Tuesday.
Critics say the definition Harvard adopted conflates criticism of Israel with antisemitism and could chill pro-Palestinian speech.
Harvard University had to be dragged to court to make some small changes to prevent antisemitic outbursts on campus.
After long lines at the Adams House dining hall on Sunday and Monday, Harvard College declined to disclose how it prepared to accommodate returning undergraduates.
Harvard has reached settlements in a pair of legal disputes that claimed the university failed to protect Jewish students since Hamas’ terrorist attacks in Israel, agreeing to a series of reforms
Harvard on Thursday laid off the staff of the Harvard Slavery Remembrance Program, the unit of its $100 million Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery initiative tasked with identifying descendants of those enslaved by Harvard affiliates.
The nonprofit Questbridge adds Bates College, Harvard University and the University of Richmond to its roster of partners in higher education.
The student visa program has become a welfare program for universities and a pipeline for guest workers who take American jobs.
U.S. President Donald Trump has promised to “overhaul” the U.S. approach to trade over the next four years in an effort to usher in a “golden era” for America, with threatened tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China among the earliest likely measures.