President Bacow urges high schoolers to pursue their educational dreams
Harvard President Larry Bacow shared lessons from his own journey through higher education with a group of high school students in Washington state on Monday, urging them to pursue their goals and to be unafraid to dream big. Since his first days leading Harvard, Bacow has been meeting with high school students, teachers, and school leaders across the country — Michigan, Texas, California — and hearing students’ hopes and concerns while encouraging them to consider what higher education can mean for their futures. Bacow made his latest trip Monday to Highline High School, outside Seattle, to speak to more than 200 students, faculty, and administrators. Later that evening he met with area alumni at an event in downtown Seattle. “For many of [Highline’s students], attending a university like Harvard seems unattainable, so to have President Bacow take time to share his story and answer their questions was powerful,” said Superintendent Susan Enfield,...