He noted the importance of these reports in gaining a better understanding of the demographics at HKS and renewed efforts to diversify the student population.

“The reports are crucial in our efforts to understand demographic diversity at the Kennedy School and to see where we need to improve,” Elmendorf told The Harvard Crimson.

The dean announced the formation of a new diversity task force of faculty, staff and students, which will be run by criminal justice professor Sandra Susan Smith and Assistant Dean for Enrollment Services Meredith C. Siegel. The task force’s goal is to diversify the student body while complying with the recent Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action.

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