At times I wonder whether Harvard is so big, rich, and monolithic that no amount of pressure will change it. At other times I'm amazed at how rapidly it responds to suggestions and constructive criticism. In the second, "pleasant surprise," category comes the news that the university will feature former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, former American Enterprise Institute president Arthur Brooks, and former George W. Bush administration attorney general Michael Mukasey in the opening weeks of the Spring semester, as "part of a commitment to open discourse."
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce reasonably included ideological diversity (and the lack of it at Harvard) as a part of its hearing on "Holding Campus Leaders Accountable and Confronting Antisemitism," a hearing that resulted in the resignation of two of the three college presidents who testified at it, including Harvard's Claudine Gay.
I mentioned Romney in a December 11 New York Sun column on "Who Could Fix Harvard?" Brooks was mentioned in a January 9 New York Sun piece on "Who Might Come After Claudine Gay at Harvard?" If you are interested in the inside track on what is going to be happening at Harvard, read the New York Sun.