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  • US higher education is endangered—The Boston Globe

  • Time to stand up, defend American higher education, Faust says —The Harvard Gazette

  • “Free and Brave:” Defending Universities and the Rule of Truth

    Phi Beta Kappa Oration, Harvard University, May 21, 2024 , Drew Gilpin Faust I am honored to be here today celebrating your achievements and grateful for this opportunity to speak after 11 years of silence at these Literary Exercises—sitting where President Garber is right now.  And I am honored to join a long line of…