A faculty committee at Harvard University (yes, they are back in the article) has proposed that final clubs be phased out by the 2022.
Final clubs are all-male social clubs that aren’t officially recognized by the university. Membership is limited and comes with many benefits, such as lifelong membership and professional networking. Final clubs were officially unrecognized by Harvard in 1985 when they refused to allow women to join.
The committee has put together a recommendation that would ban all single-gender clubs at Harvard, even though they aren’t officially recognized by the university. This includes final clubs, sororities, and fraternities–which Harvard also doesn’t recognize as being official. Their goal is to foster inclusivity by banning historical clubs deeply rooted in Harvard tradition.