Harvard once stood vertex American academia, a shaped and respected institution president, Nobel Prize winnerand Fortune 500 CEO. The name was a guarantee of excellence, a ticket to the elite. But today, a general education development (GED) certificate might be a wise investment. This is not an exaggeration, it is a calm reality.
For the first time in modern history, Harvard University’s degree became responsible. The university’s once cultivated reputation now brings dirt Anti-Semitismmoral coronavirus, Dei Propagandaand the collapse of elitists. Employers are turning their backs. Voters are disillusioned. Every day Americans see through the facade. The Harvard brand, once a golden seal, has now become a warning label. (Related: Isaiah Hankel: NIH and NSF Cuts will hit academic elites hard)
I have witnessed this decline firsthand. For the past 12 years, I have been invited to speak to a diverse audience of graduates, doctoral degrees, MDS, postdocs and faculty at Harvard University. my The last visiton October 13th, 2023, it was a turning point just six days after the attack on October 7th. It was appalling to see. Students and faculty openly seek violence against Jewish students and Israeli supporters, including myself.
That same day, ABC News It has been reported Harvard’s Palestinian Solidarity Committee, together with other groups of students, issued a statement utterly condemning the “violence that unfolds” Israel. Rhetoric was not just inflammation, it was not inflamed.
What’s worse, the university’s response was deafening silence. The academic administrator and the senior faculty I handed over on campus did nothing to intervene. After that I learned that many people took part in anti-Semitic protests and amplified hatred. This is not an isolated incident, but a culmination of trends observed over the years across American universities.
At Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and other elite institutions, student groups are steadily shifting from American and Israeli pro- sentiment to anti-American and anti-Semitic ideology.
I’m taking Columbia University Mahmoud Khalil As a case study.
International students on Halil’s visa It has appeared As an extreme anti-Israel activist, coordinate the chaos in the 2024 pro-Palestinian and pro-Hama camps. He openly called for violence against Jewish students, for sale from Israel, and raised serious national security concerns due to his suspicious relationships.
But to this day, many Ivy League scholars defend Halil and others like him, defending the right to remain with thousands of students in Harvard, Columbia, Columbia and other elite schools, and supporting similar anti-Semitic and anti-American views on many foreign visas.
This is why business owners, employment managers, and ordinary Americans reject Harvard graduates. Harvard University, or “awakening” colleges that have been ingrained in ideological conformity, are considered to be GED equivalents, but there is no grit. The ivory tower has lost its sheen.
Harvard’s moral and intellectual failures made it a laugh. The turning point came when a panel of university presidents, including Harvard, came at a congressional hearing.I couldn’t state it clearly Whether or not they seek a genocide of Jews is violated by the campus code of conduct. Thanks to the pointy questions of MP Elise Stefanik, the world saw the truth. Harvard is no longer a serious institution. Its leadership is thornless and its value is hollow.
Meanwhile, GED alumni are thriving. Without the $350,000 burden, they are building businesses, mastering trades, serving in the military, and strengthening their communities. In maturity, patriotism, and common sense, they often outdo their Ivy League counterparts. These are people who launch startups with only home wiring, HVAC systems repairs, steel welding, bold ideas and a ruthless work ethic.
The rebound against Harvard is gaining momentum. Even in Silicon Valley, Wall Street and even Hollywood, CEOs and billionaires say “no” to their Ivy League resumes. Famous hedge fund manager announcement He was no longer hired by Harvard, citing his moral failure and ideological capture.
Donors are like that Pull back– Though not conservative, Jewish alumni, centralists and liberals feel betrayed by the institutions they once cherished. They see what Harvard has become. It is a breeding ground for qualifications, doctrines and hypocrisy.
For business owners like me, the choices are clear. Have you spent four years passing through the evening school, hiring people who won GED or Harvard alumni, and mastering the politics of identity in the echo room of privilege? We understand the real America: the challenge, its value, its resilience. The other is taught to resent it.
A quiet revolution is taking place all over the country. Employers, trade schools, apprenticeship programs and the military are actively seeking people who bypassed the four-year indoctrination camps at elite universities. These individuals are not taught that mathematics is racist or that America is inherently evil. They are learning practical and concrete skills – how to build, modify, create and contribute. They are the backbone of the new American economy.
In contrast to Harvard and his peers, academic merit often takes the back seat to the signal of virtue and ideological conformity. Opposition has been punished and not discussed. The goal is not to prepare students for meaningful careers, but to drive away activists. Harvard is not creating the next generation of leaders. It is a mass-producing professional victim.
While Harvard graduates from Don Crimson Robe at the start, GED owners are building the stage they are walking and making good money doing it. Harvard’s degree was once a guarantee of near success, but now it’s a red flag. Imagine that.
America’s future of innovation, leadership and resilience lies in garages, recruitment and community colleges, rather than in the Ivy League lecture hall. GEDs are more than just proving knowledge. They often refuse to be influenced by personality, resolve, and dogma.
In today’s economy, these traits are more valuable than any graduate.
This is an entrepreneur whose welders, coders, mechanics, and entrepreneurs chose to work hard over debt and indoctrination. They are not just the future of this country. They are now. Harvard? It is a relic of a bygone era.
Dr. Isaiah Hankel is a triple bestselling author and CEO of OverSqualified.com.
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