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Speakers at the sit-in linked the fight for ethnic studies with the recent admissions lawsuit decision. In October, federal judge Allison D. Burroughs ruled against anti-affirmative action advocacy group Students for Fair Admissions and in Harvard’s favor, finding that the College’s race-conscious admissions policies do not unlawfully discriminate based on race.
“Something that we've been telling them since day one is that while we do think that it is important that Harvard makes sure that its admissions practices welcome diverse students, that is by no means us saying that this place is a perfect place for diverse students,” Cecilia A. J. Nuñez ’20 said.

After more than a week of picketing, Harvard and its graduate student union scheduled their first bargaining session since the strike began Wednesday — the meeting is set for Dec. 18.
Union organizers called the newly scheduled three-hour bargaining session “simply inadequate” in an email update sent to union members Wednesday.

The College invited 895 of 6,424 early applicants to join its Class of 2024 Thursday around 7 p.m. The 13.9 acceptance rate represents a 0.5 percent increase from last year. The early admission acceptance rate has not increased year-over-year since 2013.
The number of early applicants also decreased by 537, representing a 7.7 percent decrease from last year’s applicant pool, which totaled 6,958. The number of early applicants has only decreased once — also in 2013, with the Class of 2018 — since Harvard reinstated its early action admissions program in 2011.

Amid controversy over the tenure denial of Romance Languages and Literatures associate professor Lorgia García Peña, University President Lawrence S. Bacow said in an interview last week that he has never reversed a tenure decision during his time at Harvard, nor did when he served as president of Tufts.
“I've never reversed a tenure decision,” Bacow said. “I have not seen one reversed during my time as president of Tufts. I don't recall one ever being reversed during my time as Chancellor of MIT.”

Harvard’s arboretum workers unanimously ratified a new contract Wednesday, securing a 3 percent increase in wages for the four years the contract is in place, along with new benefits and job classifications.
The 17 permanent staff who maintain the arboretum grounds in Boston — along with full-time seasonal employees — are represented by 32BJ SEIU, a union comprising many groups of workers across the University. 32BJ SEIU also represents roughly 1,000 Harvard custodians and security guards, but each unit negotiates its own contract.