“It’s definitely a much more normal college experience,” said Charlie Covit, a Harvard sophomore, who raised the alarm about antisemitism at Harvard last year.
The announcement came hours after Harvard’s leaders defied the Trump administration’s attempt to impose an extraordinary set of policy changes on the university.
Faculty members, students, and prominent alumni have been calling on leading institutions to take a stronger stand. Now there are signs that some college leaders are starting to step up.
Within seconds, five officers surrounded a Tufts PhD student from Turkey, and she was pleading with them, according to a security camera recording of the arrest obtained by the Globe.
Countries in the Middle East and Europe, as well as China, are telling Massachusetts scientists, “We’ll give you a lab, we’ll give you staff,” Governor Healey said.
The expansion of financial aid grants is designed to make Harvard more affordable for middle-income families, the university said. Harvard’s endowment is worth more than $50 billion.