A Q&A forum with the president
Harvard President Drew Faust addressed an open meeting Wednesday hosted by the Harvard Undergraduate Council (UC), saying that the twin concerns of sexual assault policies and campus inclusion “have forced us and urged us” to examine University life more closely. “We have to create a culture of belonging,” free of “micro-aggression, sexual dangers,” and other impediments to social freedom, she told the assembled students in her opening remarks, which were followed by a question-and-answer session. “One of my most deeply held aspirations as president has been to build a more diverse and a more welcoming Harvard.” Before an audience of 80 in Emerson Hall, Faust discussed everything from the sexual assault policies (now being revised to match federal Title IX rules on sexual discrimination in education); to inclusion and diversity (mainstays of a changing University, she said); to queries about University investments abroad, student organization funding, mental-health services, and even the dwindling...