Harvard classes on taxpayers’ dime

Harvard University

Topline: In theory, only the best and brightest Americans make it into Harvard University. Unless, of course, government employees with taxpayer money at their disposal have anything to say about it.

The federal government spent $5 million sending its employees to month-long leadership courses at Harvard in 2010, at a cost of $18,300 per student. At the time, tuition for an entire year at the average public university was only $9,000.

That’s according to the “Wastebook”...