{"id":126238,"date":"2025-07-10T15:03:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T23:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/07\/10\/harvard-scrubs-mentions-of-undergrad-services-for-women-and-minorities-from-their-website\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T15:03:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T23:03:05","slug":"harvard-scrubs-mentions-of-undergrad-services-for-women-and-minorities-from-their-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/07\/10\/harvard-scrubs-mentions-of-undergrad-services-for-women-and-minorities-from-their-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvard Scrubs Mentions Of Undergrad Services For Women And Minorities From Their Website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump administration has been going out of their way to give Harvard a hard time. They\u2019ve withheld billions in federal funding for research from them, limited Harvard\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/06\/trump-administration-places-thumb-on-negotiation-scale-decides-harvard-didnt-do-enough-to-fight-antisemitism\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> ability to attract and retain students from abroad<\/a> and recently decided that the school <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/06\/trump-administration-places-thumb-on-negotiation-scale-decides-harvard-didnt-do-enough-to-fight-antisemitism\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hasn\u2019t done enough to fight antisemitism on campus<\/a>. After accruing some serious leverage from the many attacks on Harvard\u2019s status as a highly prestigious and accredited institution, the Trump administration has invited the school to \u201cnegotiate\u201d on conforming their internal policies to state doxa. Very iron fist in an orange glove. <\/p>\n<p>The school has made recent changes to their websites that suggest capitulations to come. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/07\/10\/us\/harvard-student-diversity-websites-removed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CNN has coverage<\/a>: <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Websites for Harvard College centers serving minority and LGBTQ students and women vanished Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2025\/7\/10\/college-fas-end-diversity-offices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Harvard Crimson<\/a> reported, marking the continued unraveling of diversity initiatives at the nation\u2019s most prestigious university as it faces fresh pressure from the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>Websites for the Harvard College Women\u2019s Center, the Office for BGLTQ Student Life and the Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations now redirect to a page for an <a href=\"https:\/\/dso.college.harvard.edu\/office-culture-community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Office of Culture and Community<\/a>, the student newspaper reported.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>We\u2019ve seen several Biglaw firms <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/02\/biglaw-firm-quietly-begins-purging-diversity-language-from-website\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">similarly scrub their websites<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/03\/law-firm-removing-diversity-language-but-breaks-trend-by-being-upfront\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">varying levels of transparency<\/a> after getting tapped on their shoulder by the administration. If Harvard kisses the ring hard enough, maybe they\u2019ll get to keep their accreditation status. If not, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/about\/news\/press-release\/us-department-of-education-notifies-columbia-universitys-accreditor-of-columbias-title-vi-violation\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Columbia will probably appreciate some company<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/07\/10\/us\/harvard-student-diversity-websites-removed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Websites Serving Harvard Undergrad Women, Minority And LGBTQ Students Taken down, Crimson reports<\/a> [CNN]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Earlier<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2023\/07\/the-slippery-slope-of-ending-affirmative-action-has-moved-on-to-its-next-target-women-and-proxies-for-diversity\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Slippery Slope Of Ending Affirmative Action Has Moved On To Its Next Target: Women And \u2018Proxies For Diversity\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/06\/trump-administration-places-thumb-on-negotiation-scale-decides-harvard-didnt-do-enough-to-fight-antisemitism\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Administration Places Thumb On Negotiation Scale, Decides Harvard Didn\u2019t Do Enough To Fight Antisemitism<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/06\/trump-administration-places-thumb-on-negotiation-scale-decides-harvard-didnt-do-enough-to-fight-antisemitism\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Administration Threatens To Strip Harvard Law\u2019s Ability To Enroll And Teach International Students<\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/Chris-Williams-2025.jpg?resize=512%2C288&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1162378\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord\u2122 in the Facebook group\u00a0Law School Memes for Edgy T14s . \u00a0He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who is learning to swim,\u00a0is interested in critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:cwilliams@abovethelaw.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cwilliams@abovethelaw.com<\/a> and by tweet at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WritesForRent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">@WritesForRent<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/07\/harvard-scrubs-mentions-of-undergrad-services-for-women-and-minorities-from-their-website\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harvard Scrubs Mentions Of Undergrad Services For Women And Minorities From Their Website<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-single__featured-image post-single__featured-image--medium alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/04\/Diversity-1-300x200.png?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"post-single__featured-image-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYoink!\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Trump administration has been going out of their way to give Harvard a hard time. They\u2019ve withheld billions in federal funding for research from them, limited Harvard\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/06\/trump-administration-places-thumb-on-negotiation-scale-decides-harvard-didnt-do-enough-to-fight-antisemitism\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> ability to attract and retain students from abroad<\/a> and recently decided that the school <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/06\/trump-administration-places-thumb-on-negotiation-scale-decides-harvard-didnt-do-enough-to-fight-antisemitism\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hasn\u2019t done enough to fight antisemitism on campus<\/a>. After accruing some serious leverage from the many attacks on Harvard\u2019s status as a highly prestigious and accredited institution, the Trump administration has invited the school to \u201cnegotiate\u201d on conforming their internal policies to state doxa. Very iron fist in an orange glove. <\/p>\n<p>The school has made recent changes to their websites that suggest capitulations to come. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/07\/10\/us\/harvard-student-diversity-websites-removed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CNN has coverage<\/a>: <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Websites for Harvard College centers serving minority and LGBTQ students and women vanished Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2025\/7\/10\/college-fas-end-diversity-offices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Harvard Crimson<\/a> reported, marking the continued unraveling of diversity initiatives at the nation\u2019s most prestigious university as it faces fresh pressure from the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>Websites for the Harvard College Women\u2019s Center, the Office for BGLTQ Student Life and the Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations now redirect to a page for an <a href=\"https:\/\/dso.college.harvard.edu\/office-culture-community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Office of Culture and Community<\/a>, the student newspaper reported.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>We\u2019ve seen several Biglaw firms <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/02\/biglaw-firm-quietly-begins-purging-diversity-language-from-website\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">similarly scrub their websites<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/03\/law-firm-removing-diversity-language-but-breaks-trend-by-being-upfront\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">varying levels of transparency<\/a> after getting tapped on their shoulder by the administration. If Harvard kisses the ring hard enough, maybe they\u2019ll get to keep their accreditation status. If not, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/about\/news\/press-release\/us-department-of-education-notifies-columbia-universitys-accreditor-of-columbias-title-vi-violation\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Columbia will probably appreciate some company<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/07\/10\/us\/harvard-student-diversity-websites-removed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Websites Serving Harvard Undergrad Women, Minority And LGBTQ Students Taken down, Crimson reports<\/a> [CNN]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Earlier<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2023\/07\/the-slippery-slope-of-ending-affirmative-action-has-moved-on-to-its-next-target-women-and-proxies-for-diversity\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Slippery Slope Of Ending Affirmative Action Has Moved On To Its Next Target: Women And \u2018Proxies For Diversity\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/06\/trump-administration-places-thumb-on-negotiation-scale-decides-harvard-didnt-do-enough-to-fight-antisemitism\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Administration Places Thumb On Negotiation Scale, Decides Harvard Didn\u2019t Do Enough To Fight Antisemitism<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/06\/trump-administration-places-thumb-on-negotiation-scale-decides-harvard-didnt-do-enough-to-fight-antisemitism\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Administration Threatens To Strip Harvard Law\u2019s Ability To Enroll And Teach International Students<\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/Chris-Williams-2025.jpg?resize=512%2C288&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1162378\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord\u2122 in the Facebook group\u00a0Law School Memes for Edgy T14s . \u00a0He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who is learning to swim,\u00a0is interested in critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#4d2e3a242121242c203e0d2c2f223b28392528212c3a632e2220\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a> and by tweet at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WritesForRent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">@WritesForRent<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump administration has been going out of their way to give Harvard a hard time. They\u2019ve withheld billions in federal funding for research from them, limited Harvard\u2019s ability to attract and retain students from abroad and recently decided that the school hasn\u2019t done enough to fight antisemitism on campus. After accruing some serious leverage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":126239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Chris-Williams-2025-TzJp4U.jpeg?fit=512%2C288&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}