▁earned ▁a ▁degree ▁at ▁G S AS . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁sch ol ars ▁and ▁scient ists , ▁G S AS ▁gradu ates ▁have ▁become ▁U . S . ▁Cab inet ▁Secret aries , ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁Just ices , ▁foreign ▁heads ▁of ▁state , ▁and ▁heads ▁of ▁government . ▁ ▁History ▁and ▁organization ▁G S AS ▁was ▁formally ▁created ▁as ▁the ▁Gr adu ate ▁Department ▁of ▁Harvard ▁University ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 2 ▁and ▁was ▁renamed ▁the ▁Gr adu ate ▁School ▁of ▁Harvard ▁University ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 0 . ▁Women ▁were ▁not ▁allowed ▁to ▁en roll ▁in ▁G S AS ▁until ▁ 1 9 6 2 . ▁▁ ▁The ▁Gr adu ate ▁School ▁of ▁Arts ▁and ▁Sciences ▁forms ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Fac ulty ▁of ▁Arts ▁and ▁Sciences ▁( F AS ), ▁along ▁with ▁Harvard ▁College , ▁the ▁Harvard ▁John ▁A . ▁Paul son ▁School ▁of ▁Engineering ▁and ▁App lied ▁Sciences , ▁and ▁the ▁Harvard ▁Division ▁of ▁Cont inu ing ▁Education . ▁The ▁de an ▁of ▁the ▁Gr adu ate ▁School ▁of ▁Arts ▁and ▁Sciences , ▁who ▁reports ▁to ▁the ▁de an ▁of ▁the ▁Fac ulty ▁of ▁Arts ▁and ▁Sciences , ▁is ▁charged ▁with ▁the ▁responsibility ▁of ▁implementing ▁and ▁super vis ing ▁the ▁policies ▁of ▁the ▁fac ulty ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁of ▁gradu ate ▁education . ▁In ▁the ▁administration ▁of ▁academic ▁policy , ▁the ▁de an ▁is ▁gu ided ▁by ▁the ▁Administr ative ▁Board ▁and ▁the ▁Committee ▁on ▁Gr adu ate ▁Education . ▁The ▁de an ▁is ▁assist ed ▁by ▁an