A sharp decline is recorded in early applications to Harvard University - 17% fewer applications for admission to the prestigious institution. Pressure for the resignation of the university's president, Claudine Gay, is mounting following her refusal to rule that antisemitic incitement violates the rules of the university she heads during a congressional hearing.
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Harvard accepted 692 students for the class of 2028 out of a pool of 7,921 applicants. The acceptance rate was 8.7%, up from 7.6% last year.
Antisemitic graffiti on the university campus, photo: Reuters
At the same time, in protest of the president's controversial testimony, one of the largest law firms in the United States, Adelson PC, announced that it would stop recruiting Harvard law students. That's what the ministry's director-general, Jay Adelson, announced on Thursday.
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