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Harvard University\u00a0aw a 5% drop in admission applications following its antisemitism and plagiarism controversies.<\/p>\n
The university published data on its incoming Class of 2028 last week, announcing the acceptance of 1,937 students from an application amount of 54,008.<\/p>\n
In December 2023, the Harvard early application pool saw a 17% decline from the year before, receiving 7,921 early applications, compared to 9,553 applications in 2022.<\/p>\n
Harvard\u2019s antisemitism task force leader once<\/a> called Israel a \u201cregime of apartheid.\u201d<\/p>\n Derek Penslar, a Jewish history professor, was appointed to the position by President Alan Garber on January 19.<\/p>\n \u201cReports of antisemitic and Islamophobic acts on our campus have grown, and the sense of belonging among these groups has been undermined,\u201d the\u00a0announcement<\/a>\u00a0read at the time. \u201cWe need to understand why and how that is happening\u2014and what more we might do to prevent it.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI write today to announce two presidential task forces: one devoted to combating antisemitism and one devoted to combating Islamophobia and anti-Arab bias.<\/p>\n