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DISSENTING OPINION Having taken a step in the right direction regarding student travel restrictions, it is a shame that Harvard continues to limit research and inquiry in a misguided effort to save students from themselves. As of last week, students can once more receive funds and credit for studying, researching...
One year after imposing stricter restrictions on travel destinations, the College got it right once more. The College’s decision last week to reinstate some countries under State Department travel warnings as approved travel destinations was a welcome turnaround from a wrongheaded previous policy. The looser restrictions allow...
But more than 400 students, faculty, and staff signed an online petition last spring asking the College to reconsider the policy. They suggested it was adhering too much to the State Department’s travel-warning list, which identifies almost 30 countries as risky.
“I am glad that the new policy has been implemented before this year’s round of fellowship applications,” said Proud Dzambukira ’07, who led the online petition last spring.
The College’s change of policy comes after protests from students and faculty over the past year’s restrictions. Over 400 students, faculty, and staff signed an online petition last spring asking the College to change its travel abroad policy. Undergraduates, professors, and administrators had expressed...