The academics' and women's groups' silence is deafening

The presidents of Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania have embarrassed themselves and stained the good names and reputations of their institutions. Their lawyer-written public relations clarification of their testimony in the recent hearings on campus antisemitism was simply offensive.

Nothing will ever wipe the smirk off Penn President Liz Magill’s face, or the unseemly dodge and bob of Harvard President Claudine Gay. At least Magill was shamed into finally doing the right thing.