Harvard University President Claudine Gay announced Tuesday that she is stepping down from leading the prestigious school and will return to the faculty after weeks of controversy over campus politics and her own academic record.
“It is with a heavy heart but a deep love for Harvard that I am writing to share that I will be stepping down as president,” Gay, who takes office as president on July 1, 2023, wrote in an emotional message.
“[I]”It has become clear that it is in Harvard’s best interest that I resign so that our community can weather this moment of extraordinary challenge by focusing on the institution rather than any individual,” he explained of the decision to make his tenure the shortest. presidency in school history.
News of Gay’s resignation comes just six months to the day after his historic presidency — marking the first time a black leader has led the nation’s most prestigious university — and broke a day after six new allegations of plagiarism brought the number of claims against him to more than two dozen.
Gay also came under fire in October for his slow response to condemning Hamas for its terror attacks on Israel. In his resignation, he said he had also been subjected to racism since the controversy began.
“It is distressing to cast doubt on my commitment to confronting hatred and upholding scientific rigor – two fundamental values that form the basis of who I am – and terrifying to be subjected to personal attacks and threats fueled by racial animosity.”
The Harvard Corporation — the university’s highest governing body — also confirmed Gay’s resignation in its own statement.
Harvard provost and chief academic officer Alan M. Garber will step in as interim president, the corporation said.
Claudine Gay’s tenure as president of Harvard was the shortest in the school’s history. Getty Images Gay’s role is the first time a black leader has led the nation’s most prestigious university. David McGlynn
House GOP Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY), who questioned Gay during his poor appearance before Congress, pulled no punches after hearing the resignation.
“The resignation of Harvard’s antisemitic plagiarist president is long overdue. Claudine Gay’s morally bankrupt answer to my question made history as the most visible Congressional testimony in the history of the US Congress,” said Stefanik, a Harvard alumnus.
“His response is truly pathetic and lacks the moral leadership and academic integrity required of a Harvard President.”
The latest allegation alleges Gay removed nearly half a page of material verbatim from David Cannon’s 1999 book “Race Redistricting and Representation: The Unintended Consequences of Black Majority Districts” for his own 2001 article, the complaint obtained by the Washington Free Beacon states.
He faces six new allegations of plagiarism bringing the number of claims against him to more than two dozen. Reuters
Cannon, however, denied that Gay’s use of his work was plagiarism.
“I don’t care at all about that quote,” he told the Washington Free Beacon.
“Both Dr. Gay and I define basic terms like Section 2 and Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, protected jurisdiction, and bailout. A good definition of these terms needs to use similar language or it won’t be accurate!” he insisted.
“This is nowhere near an example of academic plagiarism.”
Harvard President Claudine Gay resigns
Claudine Gay resigned on Jan. 2. AP
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The complaint also includes an additional flag from Gay’s dissertation, which has received three corrections for “insufficient citation examples.”
The new charges were brought by the same anonymous professor who previously accused Gay of plagiarism to The Post.
Gay faced further calls to step down after disastrous House testimony on antisemitism. @harvardpsc/Instagram
The Harvard Crimson backed Gay over the weekend – arguing that he may have plagiarized in the past, but should not have stepped down from his post.
“To be clear, this kind of indiscretion is unbecoming of a Harvard president,” the article said of the allegations about Gay’s academic work.
“A judicious assessment of the plagiarism charges indicates that Gay’s conduct constituted plagiarism, but since the errors did not appear to be intentional, they do not justify his resignation,” the editorial board hedged.
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