Claudine Gay is stepping down as Harvard President after waffling on the problems of Jewish genocide and antisemitism, and being dogged by allegations of plagiarism.
Gay plans to resign Tuesday afternoon, in accordance with the Harvard Crimson — the college’s student-run publication — which cites a “source with knowledge of the decision.”
Gay’s resignation ends her Harvard presidency after simply 6 months and a pair of days … the shortest within the Ivy League faculty’s historical past.
Remember, Gay was among the many college presidents who testified on Capitol Hill final month and refused to reply a sure or no query about whether or not “calling for the genocide of Jews” violated Harvard’s guidelines.
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The ensuing controversy already result in former University of Pennsylvania president Liz Magill’s resignation … and now Gay is following go well with.
In addition to her controversial congressional testimony, Gay additionally confronted a number of allegations of plagiarism in her work as a scholar.
Gay’s resignation comes simply 3 weeks after the Harvard Corporation unequivocally mentioned it was backing her. Apparently, Harvard’s head honchos had a change of coronary heart.
It’s unclear who will exchange Gay as Harvard’s president.
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