11 pro-Palestinian student protestors previously banned from Harvard graduation will receive diploma

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Pro-Palestinian student protestors previously banned from Harvard graduation will receive their diplomas

Harvard is awarding 11 diplomas to the students who were among the dozens who spent 20 days camping out in tents in Harvard Yard earlier this year.

According to a statement from the university, students were restored to good standing after completing a disciplinary process.

“The University continues to work to strengthen and improve disciplinary processes, such as the recently announced procedures to enable the work of the University Committee on Rights and Responsibilities to enhance the consistency of investigation and factfinding processes in cases involving more than one school,” the university said.

Two students who were initially barred from graduating are still blocked from receiving their diplomas due to outstanding probation sentences that are sent to conclude at the end of the fall semester, the Harvard Crimson reported.

“Effective, fair, well understood, and consistently applied processes are vital to how we function as a learning community – and how we reconcile the opportunities to express our views, including through protest and dissent, with our obligations to one another.”

Earlier this month, Harvard also reversed its decision to suspend 5 students, downgrading their punishments to probation.

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