Maggie's Farm

Well it wasn't international news having come from the Harvard Crimson and the Weekly Standard, but I'll take your point.

I think it's significant for a number of reasons:

Harvard is considered the gold standard of universities. If their grades are bogus, what might that say about other ivy league colleges or even state colleges and the US university system as a whole? UNC Chapel Hill (another well respected university) has been caught graduating athletes who could barely read.

Harvard is one of the centers of leftist intellectualism where the "best and brightest" come from. If that everybody gets an 'A' regardless of the quality of the work they do, how can its students be considered to be the best or brightest? What might that say about the intellectual quality of those "best and brightest".

Harvard is obviously run by a bunch of leftists. What does that say about the manner and philosophy of management? These administrators are allowing the devaluation of the degrees they confer while charging confiscatory tuition.

What does all that say about the future of Harvard as the "gold standard"? How long will employers (other than Mummy and Daddy) pay for a Harvard educated graduate? If the job market for Harvard grads sags, that could tarnish the patina of Harvard.

Finally, it shines a light on the education situation as a whole in the US.