Harvard President Resigns
Harvard President Resigns
Following intense and increasing scrutiny and criticism, Harvard President Claudine Gay has resigned from her position.
From AP News. Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigned Tuesday amid plagiarism accusations and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing whereĀ she was unable to say unequivocallyĀ that calls on campus for the genocide of Jews would violate the schoolās conduct policy.
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Gay is the second Ivy League president to resignĀ in the past monthĀ following the congressional testimony ā Liz Magill, president of the University of Pennsylvania, resigned Dec. 9.
Gay, Harvardās first Black president, announced her departure just months into her tenure in a letter to the Harvard community.
Following the congressional hearing, Gayās academic career came under intense scrutiny by conservative activists who unearthed several instances of alleged plagiarism in her 1997 doctoral dissertation. ā¦
The Harvard Corporation said the resignation came āwith great sadnessā and thanked Gay for her ādeep and unwavering commitment to Harvard and to the pursuit of academic excellence.ā
Alan M. Garber, provost and chief academic officer, will serve as interim president until Harvard finds a replacement, the board said in a statement. Garber, an economist and physician, has served as provost for 12 years. ā¦
Gay, in her letter, said it has been ādistressing to have doubt cast on my commitments to confronting hate and to upholding scholarly rigor ā two bedrock values that are fundamental to who I am ā and frightening to be subjected to personal attacks and threats fueled by racial animus.ā
But Gay, who is returning to the schoolās faculty, added āit has become clear that it is in the best interests of Harvard for me to resign so that our community can navigate this moment of extraordinary challenge.ā
Yoel Zimmermann, a visiting research undergrad from Munich, Germany, studying physics at Harvard, said that as a Jewish student heās noticed fellow members of the Jewish community have felt uncomfortable with the climate on campus.
āI think it was about time that Claudine Gay resigned,ā Zimmerman said. āShe just did too many things wrong, especially with her testimony in Congress. I think that was just the kind of final tipping point that should have led to her removal immediately.ā ā¦
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz, in a statement on X, also weighed in on Gayās resignation.
āA little context. A failure in leadership and denial of antisemitism have a price. I hope that the esteemed Harvard University will learn from this dismal conduct,ā he wrote.
Gay, Magill and MITās president, Sally Kornbluth, came under fire last month for their lawyerly answers to a line of questioning from New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, who asked whether ācalling for the genocide of Jewsā would violate the collegesā codes of conduct. ā¦
Gay said it depended on the context, adding that when āspeech crosses into conduct, that violates our policies.ā The answer faced swift backlash from Republican and some Democratic lawmakers as well asĀ the White House. ā¦
Gay later apologized, telling The Crimson student newspaper that she got caught up in a heated exchange at the House committee hearing and failed to properly denounce threats of violence against Jewish students. ā¦
What did you think of Claudine Gay’s leadership of Harvard? How do you feel about her resignation? Share your thoughts and prayers below.
(Excerpt from AP News. EllenSeptember – Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons)
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I’m glad that she has resigned but she should not be on the faculty.
I pray that all university leaders have a strong work ethic with non bias decisions for students, faculty, etc. This is not the time for weak leaders in any part of our society. Father forgive them they know not what they do. Thank you Lord for helping us lead others to You. In The name above All Names. Jesus the Christ. Amen.
Good Riddance! I hope all of these “woke” college administrators that are biased against anyone will step down quickly! FATHER GOD please send YOUR angels to surround and protect all students on our college campuses from all biases! Please let educators remember that we are to teach students and help them to use their own minds to decide what to believe in! Let these administrators be neutral and just educate, not indoctrinate in JESUS NAME! Amen!
I praise the Lord Gay has resigned as the head of Harvard -but I cannot believe that she is still going to part of Harvard with this statement, “But Gay, who is returning to the schoolās faculty,”. What liberal would tolerate a conservative considered to committed such misconduct.
Thanking You Lord for Gay’s resignation as it shows that college campuses in America will take a stand against antisemitism, Praying that she will have a Biblical revelation of the importance of loving and supporting God and His Chosen people. May she come to know You Jesus as her Redeemer and Lord. In Your Merciful Name Jesus. Amen.