Harvard Board Bars 13 Pro-Palestinian Student Protesters from Graduating, Overruling Faculty

Tents and signs fill Harvard Yard by the John Harvard statue in the Pro-Palestinian encampment at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on May 5, 2024. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images

The Harvard University administration is remaining steadfast in its decision to sanction a group of 13 students who participated in pro-Palestinian protests and stop them from receiving their degrees and graduating from the university.

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) had previously pressured the Harvard Corporation to allow the students to graduate, but their effort was rejected on May 22.