Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

The Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) is committed to recruiting, cultivating, engaging, and encouraging a diverse and vibrant community of students, staff, and faculty.

We value diversity and foster an inclusive culture that welcomes individuals of varied identities and backgrounds — with the goal that every member of the community can thrive.

As part of HGSE’s commitment to our common mission, we each share a responsibility to respect the rights, differences, and dignity of others. We strive to sustain an environment that is conducive to fostering the highest levels of learning for all, where we can learn from one another and grow together.

Initiatives

We're committed to a process of authentic self-reflection and a deeper pursuit of knowledge about how best to teach, learn, and engage in a way that honors the values of inclusion. Learn more about our initiatives below.

Dialogue Across Differences
A bold, schoolwide commitment to cultivating a culture of respect, curiosity, and courageous leadership. It works to equip our community with the skills, mindsets, and opportunities to engage constructively across perspectives, identities, and experiences.

Empowerment and Impact Fellows Program

Provides a range of learning and leadership opportunities for a diverse group of students who are invested in collaborating across differences to catalyze change. Fellows work proactively to drive diversity initiatives at HGSE and across Harvard.

Student Organizations

There are more than 30 officially recognized student organizations, ranging in focus from entrepreneurship to international issues to such affinity groups as the Black Student Union, Communidad LatinX, Future Indigenous Educators Resisting Colonial Education (FIERCE), the Pan Asian Coalition for Education, and QueerEd.

Alumni of Color Conference

AOCC is an annual milestone at the Harvard Graduate School of Education — an ambitious gathering designed by HGSE students to bring awareness to the educational issues affecting communities of color.

Chen Yidan Visiting Fellows Program

Fellows expand the HGSE community's global and cultural awareness, promoting comparative thinking and perspective-taking for U.S.-based students and international students alike, and creating the potential for lasting partnerships and continued global education exchanges.

Courageous Conversations Fund

Awards small grants to support student-initiated ideas and projects that broaden the conversation at HGSE and allow for more and varied perspectives, experiences, and forums for exchange.

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