Shots in the Dark

Monday, 16 July

Harvard and the General

The Jerusalem Post reports on a controversy swirling around Israel's Deputy Chief of General Staff Maj.-Gen. Moshe Kaplinsky, who is taking a two-month "senior management" course at Harvard which is being paid for by the military—even though Kaplinsky hasn't committed to rejoiining the military on its completion.

But here's the real obscenity. The cost of Harvard's two-month course? $56,000.

The Post doesn't say what school the general is studying at, but one presumes this is the business school. On the other hand, the general already has an MBA, with honors, from the University of Tel Aviv.

Stories like this that really make you wonder about Harvard's non-profit status.....

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