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Liz Magill, president of University of Pennsylvania, testifies before Congress
Liz Magill, president of University of Pennsylvania, testifies before the House Education and Workforce Committee in Washington, DC.

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  • Harvard, Penn, and MIT presidents are under fire over their testimony before Congress on antisemitism.
  • The college presidents faced calls for their resignations, including from Bill Ackman.
  • The presidents later issued statements that appeared to backtrack on their earlier testimony.

The presidents of Harvard, Penn, and MIT are backtracking on their congressional testimony Tuesday, which triggered widespread criticism.

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Education, politics, colleges, Harvard, MIT, PENN, higher-ed, Universities, ivy-league, bill-ackman, congressional-hearings, israel-hamas, antisemitism, free-speech
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Elite colleges scramble to backtrack after evading questions about antisemitism