College Administration


Deming Defends Closure of Diversity Offices, Cites Increased Funding for New OCC

Harvard College has allocated more financial resources to its new Office of Culture and Community than the three diversity centers it replaced, College Dean David J. Deming said in an interview on Friday.


David Deming Tries To Be Straightforward. His New Job Is Anything But.

David Deming assumed the Harvard College deanship in July. Colleagues say he takes a forthright approach to challenges — a skill that he might need to lean on as the College struggles to adapt to new federal policies.


LGBTQ Student Groups Host Funeral To Mourn QuOffice Closure

Two LGBTQ student groups — the Harvard Undergraduate Queer Advocates and the Queer Students Association — gathered in Cambridge Common this Friday to mourn the recently closed Office of BGLTQ Student Life.


Before Leading Harvard College, David Deming Had a Lot to Say About Its Admissions Policies

Prior to stepping into the role of Harvard College dean in July, David J. Deming was a vocal scholar on elite institutions’ admissions processes, investigating how legacy preferences, athletic recruitment, and testing policies benefit wealthier students in admission to Ivy League schools like Harvard.


Harvard Scrutinizes Student Group Activities Under New Hazing Policy

After the federal government enacted an anti-hazing law late last year, Harvard College stepped up its enforcement of hazing policies — and launched at least one investigation into a student  organization.


After Killing of Charlie Kirk, Harvard College Dean Deming Vows to Protect Conservative Students

Harvard College Dean David J. Deming condemned the murder of Charlie Kirk and pledged to protect conservative undergraduates on campus at a gathering of Republican and right-leaning student groups on Friday.


‘Basic Questions,’ Unanswered: Inside Harvard College’s Rapid Diversity Office Dismantling

Few details were finalized when Harvard College Dean David J. Deming informed staff on July 23 of plans to shutter the College’s Women’s Center, Office for BGLTQ Student Life, and Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations.


Deming Puts Positive Spin on Harvard College Diversity Office Closures, but Acknowledges Outside Pressure

Harvard College Dean David J. Deming told students that the College can no longer host programming targeted at specific races or identity groups during a presentation to Peer Advising Fellows last week — telling attendees he assumed they already understood why the change was necessary.


At Harvard Convocation, College Dean David Deming Tells Freshmen to Prepare for AI Age

In his inaugural convocation address, Harvard College Dean David J. Deming told incoming freshmen they were living through a “unique moment in history” — though not focusing on reasons members of the audience had anticipated.


Harvard College To Remove Designated Spaces for Women’s Center, Office for BGLTQ Student Life

Harvard College will close the designated spaces that previously housed the Women’s Center and the Office for BGLTQ Student Life, following a July decision to shutter those offices — along with one for minority students — and fold their staff into a new center within the Office of Culture and Community.


Harvard Welcomes Class of 2029 to a Campus Reshaped by Trump’s Second Presidency

From the start, Harvard’s Class of 2029 witnessed how the College is refashioning itself for a new political era, embracing calls to address antisemitism while backing away from diversity programs disfavored by the White House.


Harvard College Removes First-Gen, LGBTQ Support Titles for Proctors and Tutors

Harvard College will no longer designate residential proctors and tutors to serve as dedicated support for LGBTQ and first-generation or low-income students, instead folding their responsibilities into a new “Culture and Community” specialty role.


Harvard College Closes Diversity Offices, Reassigns Staff to New ‘Harvard Foundation’

Harvard College will close its offices for minority students, LGBTQ students, and women and fold their staff under a new Office of Culture and Community, according to a Wednesday message from College Dean David J. Deming.


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