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Linda McMahon: “3% of the Harvard faculty reported by the Harvard Crimson…”

Featuring: Linda McMahon, Republican | Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education | National

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Linda McMahon says dismantling Education Department "will take some time to do"

Published | Video Starts at 07:45

Well, when you have a court action that has found that in the Students v. Harvard case that there were instances when there was not meritocracy that was being used to hire professors. There was 3% of the Harvard faculty reported by the Harvard Crimson was 3%. That's clearly not a balanced viewpoint across universities. If they're receiving federal funding, then they're going to have to pay attention to some, well, not only federal law, which is of course first and foremost, but other issues as well. (07:45–07:52)

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Asserts that only 3% of Harvard faculty represents a certain group, implying a lack of diversity.

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