The plagiarism to get the PhD likely came first.
I imagine her PhD committee held her to no standards and pushed her forward as quickly as possible.
LOL——embattled Harvard President Claudine Gay responded to calls for her removal
by giving a rousing, original speech she wrote all by herself, called “I Have A Dream.”
“This is something I just wrote last night to inspire others,” Gay said. “It is my hope that this “I Have A Dream.” speech......which I wrote entirely myself...... will help other people stand up under unjust oppression, just as I have over the last week.