Harvard University, America’s oldest and most prestigious higher education establishment, is to stop calling heads of its halls of residence “house masters” because of perceived slavery connotations.

The move comes in response to student complaints and means staff in charge of dormitories will now be referred to as faculty deans. The change will come into effect immediately, the Harvard Crimson student newspaper reported.

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