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Peterson says he feels ‘shame’ saying he taught at Harvard

By Egleze Editorial Desk · Published August 16, 2026 · Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · Why Being Nice Is Destroying Your Family
Peterson says he feels ‘shame’ saying he taught at Harvard
Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
Why Being Nice Is Destroying Your Family

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"I used to be able to say at Harvard with a certain sense of what would you say incredulity that I was that I had the privilege to teach there. And now I got to tell you when I utter that word there's some shame and that that's a that's a catastrophe. That's what happened in DC with Claudine Gay with the president of MIT with UPEN."

Jordan Peterson argues that elite US universities have become incapable of carrying out their educational mission, saying he now feels “shame” when referring to having taught at Harvard. He cites the recent campus antisemitism hearings in Washington involving Harvard (including Claudine Gay), MIT and the University of Pennsylvania as evidence, and says he is launching a “new university endeavour” with his daughter.

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