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Harvard FAS to Review Student Disciplinary Processes After Faculty Backlash

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences is reviewing the disciplinary processes of both Harvard College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, months after many professors criticized the schools’ sanctions against pro-Palestine protesters as inconsistent and excessive.

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College

Harvard College Ad Board Disciplinary Cases Nearly Doubled in 2022-23

The Harvard College Administrative Board reviewed 30 disciplinary cases for non-academic behavior during the 2022-23 academic year — nearly double the number of cases than the previous year — according to a report released last month.

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College

Harvard Placed 3 Students on Probation For Role in Anti-CCP Protest, Documents Show

The Harvard College Administrative Board briefly placed three undergraduates on disciplinary probation for protesting Chinese Ambassador Xie Feng during an event at the Harvard Kennedy School in April.

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College

Tenured Professors Return to Harvard College Ad Board After 3-Year Dry Spell

Two tenured professors have joined the Harvard College Administrative Board, the disciplinary body for undergraduate students, which clashed with Harvard faculty last semester after it imposed sanctions on student protesters.

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Harvard Faculty for Israel Launches With More Than 430 Members

More than 430 Harvard faculty joined the newly-founded Harvard Faculty for Israel, which aims to support Israeli students on campus and advocate for closer collaboration between Harvard and Israeli universities.

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Student Groups

GSAS Denies Reconsideration Requests From Students Disciplined Over Encampment Involvement

The Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Ad Board denied requests last month from at least eight of 10 students put on probation for their involvement in the encampment last semester.

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The Interim Tag Gone, Harvard’s Band-Aid Presidency Begins

Alan Garber’s appointment solidifies his tenure as a bridge presidency. He has a mandate from the Corporation to guide Harvard out of the storm and into calmer waters — and three years to do it.

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Harvard Corporation Releases Diplomas to 11 Students Who Participated in Encampment

Harvard conferred diplomas to the 11 of the 13 seniors who initially had their degrees withheld in May as they faced disciplinary action for participating in the pro-Palestine encampment in Harvard Yard, a University spokesperson confirmed on Monday.

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After Criticism, Harvard Will Standardize Fact-Finding Process for Disciplinary Cases

Harvard will standardize fact-finding procedures for disciplinary cases across the University after facing fierce blowback when students who participated in the pro-Palestine encampment faced different disciplinary charges depending on which school they attended.​​​​​​

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Harvard Reverses Decision to Suspend 5 Pro-Palestine Protesters Following Faculty Council Appeal

The Harvard College Administrative Board reversed its decision to suspend five students for their participation in the pro-Palestine encampment after the Faculty Council weighed in on the disciplinary cases.

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FAS Administration

Harvard Places 10 Graduate Students on Probation for Encampment Participation

The Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences placed 10 graduate students on probation for participating in the pro-Palestine encampment earlier this year.

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College

‘How Far Is Too Far?’: Pro-Palestine Activism Under the Garber Presidency

Alan Garber has largely drawn praise for his measured response to controversy and his ability to assuage a divided campus. But some students and faculty have condemned Garber’s approach to protests for being unusually repressive and forceful, drawing new, unprecedented lines around campus speech and protest.

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Central Administration

Harvard Corporation Rejects FAS Effort to Let 13 Pro-Palestine Student Protesters Graduate

The Harvard Corporation rejected an effort by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences to confer degrees on 13 seniors facing disciplinary charges for participating in the pro-Palestine encampment, opening a new front in the standoff between faculty and the board.

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The FAS Undermined the Ad Board. Now, the Harvard Corporation Must Take a Side.

The notion that the Faculty of Arts and Sciences is Harvard’s most powerful faculty is something of a cliché. But the FAS put any lingering doubts to rest on Monday.

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Harvard Faculty Overwhelmingly Vote to Allow Seniors Disciplined Over Encampment to Graduate

Members of the FAS overwhelmingly voted to add 13 students back to the list of degrees recommended for conferral after they were initially barred from graduating over their participation in the pro-Palestine encampment.

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