So, which is it?

FIRE reports.

Harvard’s Double Standard on the Role of Student Organizations

On Friday afternoon, Harvard College Dean Rakesh Kurana sent a letter to Harvard President Drew Faust, recommending that Harvard take aggressive steps to deter students from joining off-campus, single-sex organizations. That same afternoon, President Faust sent a responsive letter agreeing with the proposal. The exchange had the appearance of a meticulously choreographed, formalistic ritual of a sort usually reserved for meetings of heads of state.

As we explained on Friday, Harvard seeks to deter students from joining these unrecognized organizations by prohibiting their members from holding leadership positions on (single-sex!) athletics teams and recognized student organizations, and from receiving Dean’s recommendation letters for Rhodes and Marshall scholarships.