Posted on 01/22/2024 5:50:28 PM PST by Red Badger
BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University has shed fresh light on the ongoing investigation into plagiarism accusations against former president Claudine Gay, including that an independent body recommended a broader review after substantiating some of the complaints.
In a letter Friday to a congressional committee, Harvard said it learned of the plagiarism allegations against its first Black female president on Oct. 24 from a New York Post reporter. The school reached out to several authors whom Gay is accused of plagiarizing and none objected to her language, it said.
Harvard then appointed the independent body, which focused on two of Gay’s articles published in 2012 and 2017. It concluded they “are both sophisticated and original,” and found “virtually no evidence of intentional claiming of findings” that were not her own.
The panel, however, concluded that nine of 25 allegations found by the Post were “of principal concern” and featured “paraphrased or reproduced the language of others without quotation marks and without sufficient and clear crediting of sources.” It also found one instance where “fragments of duplicative language and paraphrasing” by Gay could be interpreted as her taking credit for another academic’s work, though there isn’t any evidence that was her aim.
It also found that a third paper, written by Gay during her first year in graduate school, contained “identical language to that previously published by others.”
Those findings prompted a broader review of her work by a Harvard subcommittee, which eventually led Gay to make corrections to the 2012 article as well as a 2001 article that surfaced in the broader review. The subcommittee presented its findings Dec. 9 to the Harvard Corporation, Harvard’s governing board, concluding that Gay’s “conduct was not reckless nor intentional and, therefore, did not constitute research misconduct.”
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And if they had objected they'd be cancelled.
“Harvard’s governing board, concluding that Gay’s “conduct was not reckless nor intentional “
nope, I guess she just unintentionally used other people’s work while choosing to not give them proper credit.
Well, she will still make nearly half a million a year because they will lack the intestinal fortitude to do the right thing and fire her.
Imagine if she was Trump: “TRUMP PROVED CHEATER”
Harvard hired somebody to meet the corrections for Claudine Gay's articles.
*make
“Gay’s “conduct was not reckless nor intentional and, therefore, did not constitute research misconduct.””
No, her word processor is to blame for changing her original content into verbatim (or near verbatim) copies of the work of other authors/researchers.
If you say otherwise, you are a racist and a sexist.
Plus you probably went to a community college or a low-ranked state university and not Haaavard.
The school reached out to several authors whom Gay is accused of plagiarizing and none objected to her language, it said.
Was everything in proportional font?
Any future charge of student plagiarism is void. It no longer exists at Harvard.
Or, there gonna be some big lawsuits brought forward, and they would win easily.
Goose meet gander.
Meanwhile, across the Charles River.....
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4212178/posts
The very concept of meritocracy has been shredded in Boston.
That’s Gay!
Bfl
So many different ways of saying “stolen”, their thesaurus must be plumb worn out.
Good job talented committee writer, you should clearly be given the Harvard president position.
And yet she’s still employed and making $900,000 a year.
Must be nice.
L
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