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Harvard To Ban Frat And Sorority Members From Rhodes Scholarships, Leadership Positions

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Harvard University will ban fraternity and sorority members from obtaining Rhodes scholarships and earning any leadership positions on campus, according to a Tuesday report.

The school confirmed that it will implement a plan it announced in May 2016, which will prevent members of unregulated single-gender social groups from leading campus groups and getting formal endorsements for Rhodes scholarships and other accolades, reported The Wall Street Journal.

Frats and sororities are “a product of another era, a time when Harvard’s student body was all male, culturally homogeneous, and overwhelmingly white and affluent,” said Harvard president Drew Gilpin Faust and Harvard Corporation senior fellow William F. Lee. “We should not become a Greek school, much less one where these organizations exist outside the College’s supervision.”

Harvard’s class of 2022 — current freshmen — as well as future classes will all be subject to the ban.

While four single-gender groups went co-ed after Harvard’s May 2016 announcement of the policy, the college otherwise received harsh criticism from the groups. (RELATED: Shimshock Show Says Harvard Is Right, Must Ban Frats)

In addition to the ban on obtaining scholarships and leadership positions a Harvard faculty committee previously recommended banning the groups entirely. The Daily Caller News Foundation reached out to Harvard for comment, but received none in time for press.

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