History of Harvard University have rightly left behind" and "abhorrent and an affront to the values of our university". As late as the 1950s, Wilbur Bender, then the dean of admissions for Harvard College, was seeking better ways to "detect homosexual tendencies and serious psychiatric problems" in prospective students. History of Harvard University Harvard College, around which Harvard University eventually grew, was founded in 1636 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, making it the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. For centuries, its graduates dominated Massachusetts' clerical and civil ranks and beginning in the 19th century its stature became national, then international, as a
The Harvard Salient The Harvard Salient The Harvard Salient is the conservative student newspaper at Harvard University. The "Harvard Salient" was founded in 1981, during a movement of conservative newspapers established in the Ivy League during the beginnings of the Reagan administration. It publishes biweekly. It has often started heated campus debates, often owing to the "Back Page" feature, which features parodies of Harvard's politically correct culture. Past editors include the "Wall Street Journal"s Naomi Schaefer Riley, the critic and "The New York Times" columnist Ross Douthat, "Commentary" contributor Kevin Shapiro, University of Virginia law professor Caleb Nelson, Claremont McKenna College Professor Charles