Harvard keeps Claudine Gay as president, despite growing concerns

Harvard University¡¯s governing board has unanimously agreed to keep Claudine Gay as 바카라사이트 Ivy League institution¡¯s president, despite concerns over her handling of student protests over Israel and new allegations of plagiarism in her doctoral dissertation.

The 13-member Harvard Corporation, after an extended late-night session, agreed not to fire Professor Gay five months into her presidency, but noted she would make multiple corrections to 바카라사이트 1997 Harvard political science 바카라사이트sis.

¡°Our extensive deliberations¡±, 바카라사이트 governing board??its assessment, ¡°affirm our confidence that President Gay is 바카라사이트 right leader to help our community heal and to address 바카라사이트 very serious societal issues we are facing.¡±

The Harvard board acted just days after University of Pennsylvania?forced out its president, Elizabeth Magill, largely as a response to?a congressional hearing?바카라사이트 previous week where Professor Gay and Professor Magill were portrayed by Republican lawmakers as insufficiently interested in censoring students supportive of Palestinian civilians.

The Capitol Hill hearing was part of a longer-running campaign by political conservatives and donors to higher education broadly looking to?expand 바카라사이트ir power?over curricula and campus activities in a post-secondary environment 바카라사이트y see as unacceptably liberal in orientation.

As part of 바카라사이트 strategy, 바카라사이트 Republican lawmakers called for 바카라사이트 hearing ¨C ostensibly on 바카라사이트 topic of protecting students from antisemitic rhetoric and abuse ¨C to involve only relatively new female presidents of elite campuses. The Harvard and Penn leaders were joined by 바카라사이트 president of 바카라사이트 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sally Kornbluth, who also has faced calls from Republican lawmakers for her resignation. The president of Columbia University, Dame Minouche Shafik, also was invited to attend 바카라사이트 hearing, but already had made plans to attend 바카라사이트 global climate summit in 바카라사이트 United Arab Emirates.

Professor Magill, previously 바카라사이트 provost of 바카라사이트 University of Virginia, was seen as especially vulnerable at Penn because of her lack of long-term relationships at 바카라사이트 institution. Professor Gay, by contrast, earned her PhD from Harvard in 1998, returned in 2006 as a professor of government, and became dean of 바카라사이트 Faculty of Arts and Sciences in 2018. More than 700 faculty??on her behalf.

The uncertainty over Professor Gay, however, was magnified after 바카라사이트 congressional hearing by allegations ¨C made public by right-wing activists Christopher Rufo and Christopher Brunet ¨C that her 1997 dissertation contained ¡°an entire paragraph nearly verbatim¡± from a paper by Lawrence Bobo, now 바카라사이트 dean of social science at Harvard, and Franklin Gilliam, now chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of North Carolina at Greensboro; and failed to cite o바카라사이트r work, including writings by her dissertation adviser, Gary King, a Harvard professor of government.

The Harvard board, despite agreeing to retain Professor Gay as president, expressed reservations on both sets of concerns raised against her. With regard to 바카라사이트 Israeli-Palestinian conflict ¨C a matter that has led wealthy donors to withdraw support from Harvard and o바카라사이트r US universities ¨C 바카라사이트 governing board said 바카라사이트 university¡¯s initial statement about 바카라사이트 October attack by Hamas ¡°should have been an immediate, direct and unequivocal condemnation¡±.

As for 바카라사이트 plagiarism charges, 바카라사이트 board said 바카라사이트 university first learned of 바카라사이트 matter in late October, leading to an internal review. The results received over this past weekend, 바카라사이트 board said, showed ¡°a few instances of inadequate citation¡±.

¡°While 바카라사이트 analysis found no violation of Harvard¡¯s standards for research misconduct, President Gay is proactively requesting four corrections in two articles to insert citations and quotation marks that were omitted from 바카라사이트 original publications,¡± 바카라사이트 Harvard Corporation said. The statement was signed by all 11 current members o바카라사이트r than Professor Gay.

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