Harvard isn’t a state school, and they have billions of dollars in their endowment. They’re only doing this because Ted Cruz and J.D. Vance screaming about cancel culture and student protestors gives them the excuse to get even more conservative and authoritarian.
Also, at this point, The Atlantic is Newsmax with a monocle and a cigarette holder. Getting scammed by someone writing for the Atlantic is like getting scammed into giving money to Trump.