Fears of authoritarianism creeping onto American college campuses

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The sudden resignation of Harvard President Claudine Gay earlier this month is sparking debate about authoritarian influences creeping into higher education. From Boston, GBH’s Kirk Carapezza reports that conservative politicians and activists are using the same tactics used in 1950s McCarthyism. Gay is the second Ivy League president to resign following testimony to Congress about antisemitism on campus.

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