So, what’s happened since Harvard announced its illiberal plan?

FIRE reports.

A Messy End to the Semester: Harvard, Blacklisting, and Curtailing Student Rights

Earlier this month, Harvard University announced that students who are members of independent, single-sex organizations off campus will be ineligible for Rhodes and Marshall scholarship recommendations from the dean. The university also prohibited recognized student organizations and athletic teams from choosing these students as their leaders. The rationale? Harvard wants to promote “inclusion” and “address deeply rooted gender attitudes.”

As FIRE noted in our letter to Harvard, this attack on students’ freedom of association amounts to nothing more than a blacklist. And, as if that weren’t enough, Harvard’s actions are also inconsistent with its own prior statements.

So, what’s happened since Harvard announced its illiberal plan? Among other things, many within the Harvard community have spoken out strongly against the administration’s decision. The Boston Globe, for example, reports: