Diversity
Trump Administration Conditions Harvard’s Funding on Eliminating DEI, Restricting Protests
The Trump administration demanded that Harvard eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion programming, ban masks at protests, and agree to cooperate with the Department of Homeland Security to avoid cuts to its federal funding.
Conservative Journalist Jason Riley Calls Higher Ed ‘Intellectually Intolerant’ at HBS Talk
Fox News commentator and Wall Street Journal columnist Jason L. Riley discussed “The Trouble of Social Justice” and the decline of higher education in the U.S. at an event hosted by the Harvard Business School Conservative Club on Wednesday.
Harvard Requested Kestenbaum Delete X Post Denouncing DEI Officer
Harvard requested Harvard Divinity School graduate Alexander “Shabbos” Kestenbaum remove a critical social media post about Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Sherri A. Charleston.
Coalition for a Diverse Harvard Endorses 5 Candidates in 2025 Board of Overseers Race
The Coalition for a Diverse Harvard endorsed five candidates for this year’s Board of Overseers election on Sunday, three weeks before Harvard affiliates begin voting to fill six vacancies on the University's second-highest governing board.
As Universities Eliminate DEI Programming, Harvard Stays Its Course
As many American universities erase their diversity, equity, and inclusion programming in response to threats from the new Trump administration, Harvard has taken a different road — quietly maintaining its diversity initiatives and sometimes actively defending diversity on campus.
Coalition for a Diverse Harvard Pushes Back Against Department of Education’s Letter on Diversity
The Coalition for a Diverse Harvard called on Harvard to reject recent Department of Education guidelines prohibiting any race-conscious practices on college campuses and reaffirm its support for diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in a Feb. 24 letter to top University leadership.
‘Asian to the Max’: Harvard Students Compete in Mr. Asian Sensation Pageant
Nearly 100 Harvard students and affiliates gathered in Lowell Lecture Hall Friday to watch eight undergraduates compete in “Mr. Asian Sensation,” a male pageant hosted by the Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association intended to fundraise for an Asian-focused charity.
Southeast Asian Student Groups Host Visibility Week
More than 100 Harvard affiliates and Cambridge residents gathered for live performances, film screenings, and poetry readings as a part of celebrations for Southeast Asian Visibility Week.
‘No Limit on the Research’: Bleich Defends Legacy of Slavery Initiative After Resignations, Layoffs
Vice Provost for Special Projects Sara N. Bleich forcefully defended Harvard’s Legacy of Slavery Initiative in a Friday interview following departures from the initiative and criticism of the University’s decision to outsource the research of its Harvard Slavery Remembrance Program.
Harvard President Garber Says Diversity Is a Condition of Academic Excellence at Annual EDIB Forum
Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 argued diversity is a “critical enabler of learning” in opening remarks at the University’s annual Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Forum on Tuesday, avoiding reference to sustained threats to DEI programming from the Trump administration.
Students Share Fears for Affinity Groups Under Trump at AFRO Town Hall
Roughly a dozen students expressed concern about the future of Harvard affinity groups amid Trump administration threats to diversity programming at a town hall hosted by the African and African American Resistance Organization Thursday evening.
‘We Should Not Be an Institution That Operates Out of Fear’: Khurana Praises Diversity Amid Trump Threats
Outgoing Harvard College Dean Rakesh Khurana affirmed the importance of diversity at Harvard in a Friday interview amid President Donald Trump’s ongoing battle against universities’ diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.
Harvard Dental School Abruptly Fired Its Head of DEI in December
Harvard School of Dental Medicine professor Fadie T. Coleman was forced out of her role as the assistant dean of the HSDM Office for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in December after the school’s dean said she did not meet work expectations.
Faculty of Arts and Sciences Diversity Dean Position Left Vacant For Nearly Two Years
Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences has been without an associate dean for diversity, inclusion, and belonging for nearly two years after Sheree M. Ohen left Harvard for Amherst University in April 2023.
Trump Staffs Education Department To Upend University DEI Programs
President Donald Trump tapped a slew of political appointees to the U.S. Department of Education last week, assembling a team to pressure Harvard and other universities to roll back diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.
What’s Next for Harvard’s Legacy of Slavery Initiative?
When the Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery initiative’s Remembrance Program identified more than 100 living descendants of enslaved people owned by University affiliates, it marked just the beginning of what will likely be a yearslong process to engage and support those descendants.
In Major Turnaround, Harvard College Will Not Release Admissions Data on Decision Day
In a major break from a nearly 70-year precedent, Harvard College will not publicize admissions data on the day applicants receive their application decisions.
‘Trailblazers’: Harvard Students Celebrate 3rd Annual FGLI Visibility Week
More than 200 Harvard students and affiliates celebrated the third annual First Generation, Low Income Visibility Week with workshops, fireside chats, and affinity spaces.
Harvard Kennedy School Diversity Report Shows Rise in International Students
The Harvard Kennedy School’s proportion of international students climbed for the fifth year in a row to 59 percent, according to an annual diversity report released on Thursday.
Boston, Cambridge Launch Partnership to Promote Diversity in City Vendors
Boston and Cambridge launched a partnership to increase opportunities for business owners from traditionally disadvantaged groups to win contracts for city projects.
Harvard’s Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Condemns Antisemitic Stickers
Sherri A. Charleston, Harvard’s chief diversity and inclusion officer, condemned the antisemitic stickers discovered around campus in a University-wide email Friday afternoon.
How the Supreme Court Shaped the Class of 2028 at Harvard
As questions circulate on the College’s methodology and reactions range on the demographic changes, the data only stated one thing definitively: the fight over Harvard’s admissions is far from over.
Harvard Kennedy School Professor Khalil Gibran Muhammad To Leave, Join Princeton in 2025
Harvard Kennedy School professor Khalil Gibran Muhammad, who taught the school’s flagship “Race and Racism” course, will leave Harvard at the end of the year to become a tenured faculty member at Princeton University.
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Will No Longer Require Diversity Statements
Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences will stop requiring a diversity, inclusion, and belonging statement as part of its faculty hiring process, Dean of Faculty Affairs and Planning Nina Zipser announced in a Monday morning email.
Harvard’s Next Presidential Search Will Face New Challenges Amid Attacks on DEI
Like it or not, the selection of Harvard’s 31st president will inevitably be viewed by key stakeholders through the prism of identity politics — and it’s like that more people will be disappointed than pleased.