Harvard University: Blacklisting of Final Club, Fraternity, and Sorority 果冻传媒app官方
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Harvard University
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On May 6, 2016, Harvard University announced that members of independent, single-sex, off-campus organizations would be blacklisted from Rhodes and Marshall scholarships and banned from leadership of on-campus organizations or athletic teams. Starting in 2017, members of fraternities, sororities, and 鈥渇inal clubs鈥 would begin to be denied these opportunities in an effort to foster 鈥渋nclusion鈥 and 鈥渁ddress deeply rooted gender attitudes.鈥 The organizations affected have been independent from Harvard since 1984, operate as off-campus entities, and do not receive any recognition or benefit from the university. FIREstrongly opposed Harvard University鈥檚 illiberal decision to sanction students involved in these organizations. On June 29, 2020, Harvard President Lawrence Bacow rescinded the policy in light of the Supreme Court鈥檚 decision in Bostock v. Clayton County.