Andrew Lapin and Caleb Guedes-Reed
JTA, June 10, 2022
“Bollinger also frequently acted on any perceived anti-Israel activity among Columbia students and faculty, and among universities in general.”
The presidents of Harvard and Columbia have both announced plans to step down after the next academic year, part of a larger sea change in elite higher education leadership at schools that, willingly or not, have been at the center of nationwide campus debates over Israel and antisemitism.
Harvard President Lawrence Bacow’s Wednesday announcement that he would be leaving the school in 2023 came on the heels of a similar announcement in April from Columbia’s president, Lee Bollinger. Their announcements were part of a larger wave of resignations and retirements in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and other disruptions to higher education.
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