Harvard University has seen a 5% drop in applications following a highly publicized anti-Semitism and plagiarism controversy.
The Ivy League school released data on its incoming Class of 2028 on Thursday, saying it accepted 1,937 students out of 54,008 applicants.
This is a slight decrease in the number of applications received from last year, which is approximately 3,000 fewer applications.
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People walk through the gate to Harvard Yard on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Getty Images)
Last December, Harvard University’s early applicant pool had 7,921 early applications, compared to 9,553 applications in 2022, a 17% decrease from the previous year.
The November 1, 2023 application deadline comes before Harvard University’s then-president Claudine Gay’s Congressional testimony and the reluctance of university leaders to fully condemn anti-Semitism. A discussion has begun about this.
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Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigned from her position in January amid simultaneous anti-Semitism and plagiarism controversies at the Ivy League school. (Jiang Haiyun/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The scandal worsened after Gaye was accused of plagiarizing an academic paper.
After facing dozens of plagiarism allegations, Gay released a letter to members of the Harvard community saying he would step down as president but return to Harvard’s faculty.
A Harvard University faculty member formed a task force to combat anti-Semitism, but the task force has been plagued by resignations and internal complaints that it is unable to adequately address it.
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The Harvard University flag flies outside Memorial Church on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Photo by Michael Fein/Bloomberg, Getty Images)
Major donors to the school withdrew their contributions amid the turmoil. Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman and philanthropist Leonard Blavatnik.
Fox News Digital’s Taylor Penley and Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report.
