Post by Webster on Jan 2, 2024 13:48:05 GMT -5
(The Guardian) President of Harvard resigns after Israel-Gaza, plagiarism row - reports
The president of Harvard, Claudine Gay, has resigned, according to news agency Reuters, citing the student newspaper the Harvard Crimson.
Not directly Washington DC politics, but she’s been in the hot seat since controversial congressional testimony last month where she was slammed over antisemitic extreme speech from student bodies on campus calling for genocide amid Israel’s retaliation in Gaza for the 7 October Hamas attacks.
She was also in the spotlight for inquiries into accusations of plagiarism in some of her work.
The Harvard Corporation, the highest governing body at the elite private university, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, had initially backed the university’s president, Claudine Gay, as she remained in post. This was despite calls for her removal following controversial testimony to Congress over antisemitism on campus last month.
Gay and the presidents of University of Pennsylvania and MIT had faced backlash for their remarks on Capitol Hill at a hearing into antisemitism on college campuses.
Republican congresswoman Elise Stefanik, of New York, demanded a “yes” or “no” response to her question of whether calling for the genocide of Jews would violate their university’s code of conduct. The presidents’ various responses were criticized for not being crystal clear in their condemnation of calls for genocide.
More than 70 lawmakers called for the three presidents to be removed following the hearing, with Harvard donors and some faculty echoing calls for Gay’s removal.
The House committee on education and the workforce has announced an official congressional investigation into antisemitism at Harvard.
Liz Magill, the president of the University of Pennsylvania, resigned following the backlash, though she had been facing criticism before the hearing.
Gay issued an apology for her response during the congressional testimony in an interview with the Harvard Crimson.
More than 700 faculty members signed a petition backing Gay in response to the calls for her removal. The Harvard Alumni Association’s executive committee also announced its support for her. On 12 December, the Harvard Corporation issued a statement of support for Gay’s presidency.
The president of Harvard, Claudine Gay, has resigned, according to news agency Reuters, citing the student newspaper the Harvard Crimson.
Not directly Washington DC politics, but she’s been in the hot seat since controversial congressional testimony last month where she was slammed over antisemitic extreme speech from student bodies on campus calling for genocide amid Israel’s retaliation in Gaza for the 7 October Hamas attacks.
She was also in the spotlight for inquiries into accusations of plagiarism in some of her work.
The Harvard Corporation, the highest governing body at the elite private university, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, had initially backed the university’s president, Claudine Gay, as she remained in post. This was despite calls for her removal following controversial testimony to Congress over antisemitism on campus last month.
Gay and the presidents of University of Pennsylvania and MIT had faced backlash for their remarks on Capitol Hill at a hearing into antisemitism on college campuses.
Republican congresswoman Elise Stefanik, of New York, demanded a “yes” or “no” response to her question of whether calling for the genocide of Jews would violate their university’s code of conduct. The presidents’ various responses were criticized for not being crystal clear in their condemnation of calls for genocide.
More than 70 lawmakers called for the three presidents to be removed following the hearing, with Harvard donors and some faculty echoing calls for Gay’s removal.
The House committee on education and the workforce has announced an official congressional investigation into antisemitism at Harvard.
Liz Magill, the president of the University of Pennsylvania, resigned following the backlash, though she had been facing criticism before the hearing.
Gay issued an apology for her response during the congressional testimony in an interview with the Harvard Crimson.
More than 700 faculty members signed a petition backing Gay in response to the calls for her removal. The Harvard Alumni Association’s executive committee also announced its support for her. On 12 December, the Harvard Corporation issued a statement of support for Gay’s presidency.