Whoa: Harvard Corp Refuses Degrees to Baker's Dozen of Anti-Israel Occupiers

The Harvard Corporation broke with the university’s faculty on Wednesday, and voted to deny thirteen seniors from graduating on Thursday because they broke university rules by participating in the 20-day long anti-Israel encampment.

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Despite the faculty group overwhelmingly voting to confer the degrees to the anti-Israel students, the Corporation cited the student handbook rules requiring good standing for graduation in their decision.

“Today, we have voted to confer 1,539 degrees to Harvard College students in good standing,” the Corporation wrote in a statement on Wednesday, according to the Harvard Crimson. “Because the students included as the result of Monday’s amendment are not in good standing, we cannot responsibly vote to award them degrees at this time.”

Ed Morrissey

Get ready for a faculty meltdown as students face actual consequences for their own actions. The faculty apparently thought they could unilaterally restore student standing, but the governing board -- including interim president Alan Garber -- just put its foot down.

For now, anyway. 

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