Shirley Leung’s Jan. 4. Business column, “Claudine Gay and the politics of diversity, equity, and inclusion,” argues that the fall of Harvard’s president should not be seen as a referendum on DEI. I disagree. The Harvard Corporation’s misguided fixation on diversity led to the mortification of America’s most prestigious university before the whole country. The secrecy and haste with which the Corporation elevated to the Harvard presidency a campus dean who was myopically focused on DEI should never be repeated. Recommitting itself to that same narrow-minded version of DEI to guide its search for her successor would only compound the...