Commentary: College presidents are supposed to be moral leaders, not evasive bureaucrats

Last week, the presidents of Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology achieved in our nation’s capital what everyone thought was impossible: a bipartisan consensus! Unfortunately, that consensus was about the failure of those presidents to show moral clarity as they were questioned about what they would do when faced with direct expressions of antisemitism.

Their , essentially “that depends,” failed the test of good sense and decency. The presidents were asked if they would stand up for their Jewish students and colleagues if groups