Harvard to Bar Members of Single-Gender Clubs From Leadership in Official Groups

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The policy barring students from holding leadership positions in official groups while being members of what the school calls “unrecognized, single-gender social organizations,” also extents to the younger fraternities and sororities. Students will also not receive the dean’s endorsements for elite scholarships and fellowships if they’re found to be members of the groups.

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“Campus culture has not changed as rapidly as student demography,” Ms. Faust said in an email to the college community Friday announcing her acceptance of Mr. Khurana’s recommendations.

She said that barring students from participation in the groups because of their gender “encourages a form of self-segregation that undermines the promise offered by Harvard’s diverse student body” and doesn’t prepare students for life after graduation, where gender-based discrimination “is understood as unwise, unenlightened, and untenable.”

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It remains unclear how Harvard administrators will enforce the new rule, since membership in the groups isn’t public. Mr. Khurana said he expects students will be honest when asked about their membership status.

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