Senator John Fetterman, a Democrat, has recommended Mitt Romney, a failed presidential contender, to be the next president of Harvard University.
On Monday, Rep. Fetterman (D-Pa.), who earned a Master of Public Policy from Harvard in 1999, supported a Washington Post opinion piece that claimed that Harvard was in terrible condition. Let Mitt Romney take care of it.
Romney (R-Utah) would use his “unique bridge-building character” to end Harvard’s “period of poisonous divisiveness,” according to the David Rosen-authored op-ed.
Rosen stated, “Leadership counts, as we witnessed with the terrible congressional testimony of then-President Claudine Gay.” Our university’s leader should champion our principles. While there are undoubtedly other Americans with comparable qualifications, Harvard needs Romney’s special ability to forge connections in this toxic age of divisiveness. He is a skilled and articulate administrator who graduated from Harvard and has a long history of standing up for what is right instead of what is convenient.
Since December, the institution has been operating without a permanent president. Following her disastrous congressional testimony on December 5, former Harvard President Claudine Gay announced her resignation due to growing allegations of plagiarism and unanswered concerns about her ability to address anti-Semitism on college campuses.
Alan Garber, a Jewish physician and economist and seasoned Harvard University provost, is now filling in for Gay in this capacity. He began serving on January 2, 2024.
Romney is an Ivy League alumnus, much like Fetterman. He received his Juris Doctor degree in 1975.
The senator will presumably have plenty of spare time on his hands because, as he said in September, he will not be running for reelection to the United States Senate.
