Harvard Names DEI Advocate To Key Role In Presidential Search

Harvard University has named a leading advocate for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) practices to a top role with significant influence in choosing the university’s next president. On Monday, Vivian Hunt, who graduated from Harvard in 1989, was tapped to serve as the next president of the university’s Board of Overseers, according to the Harvard Crimson. Hunt has sat on the board since 2019. Traditionally, the university’s presidential search committees are composed of the 12 members of the Harvard Corporation and the president of the Board of Overseers. The board...