Harvard refused to issue diplomas to 13 students who supported Palestine

Harvard's board of directors announced that the university had decided not to award diplomas to 13 graduates who participated in pro Palestinian anti war demonstrations.

Harvard University has not yet formally requested the police to enter the campus to dismantle the camp

The board of directors of Harvard made it clear on Wednesday (May 22) that the university believes that the students involved in the recent camp protests on campus violate the university policy and must be punished. It is expected that this decision will exacerbate the differences between the Harvard Board of Directors led by former U.S. Commerce Secretary Pritzker and some faculty members and students.

According to the Harvard Crimson, a student newspaper of Harvard University, although as many as 115 faculty members voted on Monday (20th) to allow the students involved to graduate, the Board of Directors finally decided not to issue diplomas to these students.

Graduation photo of Harvard University

The new wave of anti war learning in the United States has lasted for a month. At least 40 universities in the United States have protested. Police have recently entered some campuses to enforce the law and clean up. More than 2000 people have been arrested.

Harvard University is one of the few universities that did not forcibly expel the demonstrators, but on May 10, the university again threatened to take disciplinary action against the students participating in the demonstrations. The school said that if pro Palestinian protesters did not leave the campus camp, they would be suspended from school.

Harvard University Diploma