From the Harvard Crimson: Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 said he was “disappointed” by the widespread ignorance of Harvard students who expressed strong opinions on the Israel-Palestine conflict — and their disinterest in learning the facts of the issue. Speaking at an event in Manhattan, Garber said he was struck both by students who held firm views without a grasp of the underlying history and by those who chose to avoid forming views altogether. “If you’re going to have strong views about an issue,” he said, “I would hope that at a University you would have the curiosity to learn the facts.”
The remarks mark a shift in emphasis for Garber, who has spent much of the past year warning about deteriorating conditions for free expression on campus. In a December podcast appearance, he argued that Harvard “went wrong” by allowing faculty to inject their personal views into the classroom, a shift he said discouraged open disagreement.
[Last] Monday, Garber made clear he sees the problem extending beyond faculty. Garber described the attitude among students as “disturbing” and “ignorant,” saying he was especially troubled by a combination of shallow knowledge and reluctance to engage in disagreement...
Full story at https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/4/15/garber-talk-israel-palestine/.
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