Q&A: Harvard's new 大統領,/社長 on challenges, ideals

CAMBRIDGE, 集まり. (AP) - Harvard University's 29th 大統領,/社長 is 公式に taking the reins.

Lawrence Bacow (BA'-kow) has been on the 職業 since July but 参加するd in a 儀式の 就任(式)/開始 Friday at the Ivy League school in Massachusetts.

His speech called on the campus to embrace 多様制 and 解放する/自由な speech, 特に for those with …に反対するing 見解(をとる)s.

The former Tufts University 大統領,/社長 also 公約するd to defend the importance of a college degree even as families question whether it's 価値(がある) the cost.

He's taking over at a contentious time for the nation's oldest university.

Harvard's admissions office is the 支配する of a 連邦の 差別 訴訟 and a separate 調査 by the U.S. 司法(官) Department.

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2018 file photo, Lawrence Bacow speaks after being introduced as the 29th president of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Bacow will be inaugurated into the position on Friday, Oct. 5. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes, File)

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2018 とじ込み/提出する photo, Lawrence Bacow speaks after 存在 introduced as the 29th 大統領,/社長 of Harvard University in Cambridge, 集まり. Bacow will be 就任するd into the position on Friday, Oct. 5. (AP Photo/法案 Sikes, とじ込み/提出する)

The school also 直面するs a new 連邦の endowment 税金 that could cost more than $40 million a year.

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