The Harvard Board of Trustees, the university’s highest authority and a centuries-old organization, overruled the faculty vote and approved the board’s decision to block the graduation of 13 “encampment” activists.
Breitbart News points out that: “This ‘encampment’ disrupted campus life for nearly three weeks, with protests occurring in the midst of final exam period. He said he felt anxious.
The 13 upperclassmen violated university rules by participating in a “camp.”
After the board decided not to allow the student to graduate, the faculty voted and overwhelmingly rejected the punishment and argued that the student should be reinstated.
of harvard crimson report Wednesday:
The Harvard University Board of Trustees has rejected an attempt by the College of Arts and Sciences to award degrees to 13 seniors facing disciplinary charges for participating in pro-Palestinian camps, an unprecedented veto that marks a new chapter in the internal fighting that has rocked Harvard for the past year.
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“Today, we voted to award 1,539 degrees to outstanding Harvard students,” the companies said in a joint statement Wednesday. “The students included as a result of Monday’s amendment are not in good standing, and we cannot responsibly vote to award their degrees at this time.”
On Thursday, pro-Palestinian students walked out of Harvard University’s commencement or commencement ceremony in protest.
Protesters at Harvard University walked out of their graduation ceremony early and marched this morning chanting:pic.twitter.com/upCZutWzuU
— Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) May 23, 2024
Harvard University’s former president, Claudine Gay, resigned earlier this year, in part due to her mishandling of anti-Semitic protests on campus.
The Harvard Corporation is said to be the oldest corporation in the Western Hemisphere. According to Harvard University.
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