Harvard professor Jennifer L. Hochschild apologized after facing backlash from Harvard Extension School affiliates for remarks on X which were perceived as denigrating students at the school. …

“I am sorry that my comments were understood to imply a ‘sentiment . . . that undermines the value and reputation of our institution,’ and that they caused HES students and staff distress,” Hochschild wrote. “That is far from my views; Harvard is rightly proud of the quality of and access to education manifested every day by HES.”

In a follow up email, she reiterated her admiration for HES students, writing that their degrees show “gumption, commitment, passion for learning, desire to use education in the service of their job or family or self.”

[Yeah, bull****. Hochschild let everyone know exactly what she thinks of HES students in her sneering and ad hominem rejoinder to Christopher Rufo’s legitimate criticisms of Harvard and Claudine Gay. The school’s HES Association certainly heard that message too despite Hochshild’s backtracking in the wake of criticism over her comment, and demanded a more formal and complete apology on Monday. — Ed]