Harvard Reviews its Police Force
Posted on August 27, 2008
Filed Under News, The Daily Prereq | By Jessica Gross
Not only has Harvard regained its first-place throne, but the administration also is responding admirably to complaints of police bias. Black students and professors have complained that the university-run (and mostly white) police force has a habit of profiling based on race. Instead of covering up the complaints, Harvard’s president, Drew Gilpin Faust, is launching an investigation.
This isn’t just a for-show investigation, either. According to the Boston Globe, Faust has created a six-person committee to do the job. They’ll look at Harvard’s police training and recruitment with the goal of eliminating racial bias. Props to Faust for doing the nitty-gritty work — it’s not all about U.S. News fame.
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