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Harvard President Claudine Gay announces resignation
ABC NEWS VIA MSN ^ | 01/02/2024

Posted on 01/02/2024 11:14:00 AM PST by SeekAndFind

Embattled Harvard University President Claudine Gay has resigned, she announced on Tuesday.

"It is with a heavy heart but a deep love for Harvard that I write to share that I will be stepping down as president," she said in a lengthy letter to the school community. "This is not a decision I came to easily. Indeed, it has been difficult beyond words because I have looked forward to working with so many of you to advance the commitment to academic excellence that has propelled this great university across centuries."

“But after consultation with members of the Corporation, it 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 with a focus on the institution rather than any individual," the statement continued.

The resignation comes amid allegations of plagiarism over Gay's academic writings and following backlash over her response at a congressional hearing to questions about antisemitism on U.S. college campuses, which sparked calls for her to step down as president.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: academia; claudinegay; harvard; plagiarism; resignation; wellbye
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1 posted on 01/02/2024 11:14:00 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Good riddance!


2 posted on 01/02/2024 11:15:52 AM PST by bryan999
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To: SeekAndFind

3 posted on 01/02/2024 11:17:31 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (The Truth is like a lion. You don't need to defend it. Let it loose and it will defend itself.)
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To: SeekAndFind

According to who? You know......since it’s coming from her. It could be any bloviated, entitled, unauthenticated, and misinformed propagandist for hire author’s words?


4 posted on 01/02/2024 11:17:38 AM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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To: SeekAndFind

2024 is off to a good start. I’m confident, however, that Harvard can and will find someone worse.


5 posted on 01/02/2024 11:18:01 AM PST by CommerceComet ("You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case, the government forgets the first." Rush Limbaugh )
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To: SeekAndFind

“Lengthy letter”? If the extracts are any indication she talks way too much.

Most talky folks I’ve come across have been incompetent twits. Good Riddance.


6 posted on 01/02/2024 11:19:46 AM PST by dagunk
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To: SeekAndFind

looks like those filthy capitalist donor contributions sway the socialists at Harvard.


7 posted on 01/02/2024 11:20:10 AM PST by millenial4freedom (Government was supposed to preserve freedom, not serve as a jobs program for delinquents and misfits)
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To: SeekAndFind

New Year’s gift


8 posted on 01/02/2024 11:20:32 AM PST by exinnj
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To: SeekAndFind

If she was fired for her reluctance to censor her students or for her plagiarism, this is not right.

If she was fired for her years of support of anti-white policies and curriculum, then good for Harvard.

Obviously, Harvard would never fire someone for being anti-white. They will likely find a replacement who is more anti-white.


9 posted on 01/02/2024 11:22:53 AM PST by nitzy (I wonder if the telescreens in 1984 were first called "free Obamascreens")
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To: SeekAndFind

Obama couldn’t save her job.


10 posted on 01/02/2024 11:23:55 AM PST by rdl6989 ( )
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To: SeekAndFind; lightman

......”It has been distressing to have doubt cast on my commitments to confronting hate and to upholding scholarly rigor — two bedrock values that are fundamental to who I am — and frightening to be subjected to personal attacks and threats fueled by racial animus,” Gay wrote in her resignation letter.....

Weasel words!! Always blame “racism” when it is she who is to blame!


11 posted on 01/02/2024 11:24:09 AM PST by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Her speech: “Republicans are a basket of Deplorables, bitter, clinging to guns and religion. Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President at Harvard. One small step for a woman, a giant leap for LGBTQXYZ.


12 posted on 01/02/2024 11:24:42 AM PST by PA-RIVER ( )
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To: SeekAndFind

“... it has been difficult beyond words because ...”

Puzzling. There are numerous resignation statements that she could have plagiarized.


13 posted on 01/02/2024 11:31:21 AM PST by cymbeline
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To: SeekAndFind

Like we used to say in the airlines:

“Buh-bye. Buh-bye.”


14 posted on 01/02/2024 11:32:52 AM PST by QBFimi (It is not your responsibility to finish the work of perfecting the world... Tarfon)
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To: bryan999

+1


15 posted on 01/02/2024 11:34:36 AM PST by sauropod (The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly.)
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To: SeekAndFind

this woman is so stupid, I bet she even plagiarized her resignation letter!


16 posted on 01/02/2024 11:50:15 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
"It is with a heavy heart but a deep love for Harvard that I write"

That's a first.

17 posted on 01/02/2024 11:52:30 AM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh (Wake me up when somebody tells the truth.)
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To: bryan999

Good riddance to bad rubbish.


18 posted on 01/02/2024 12:15:19 PM PST by GOPJ (Makeup&surgery doesn't make a man a woman anymore than wearing gorilla costumes turns men into apes.)
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To: CommerceComet

The guy sitting behind her in the hearings - the one nodding in agreement with everthing she said. He’s the replacement.

Anyone know if he’s playing the sexual weirdo card?


19 posted on 01/02/2024 12:17:26 PM PST by GOPJ (Makeup&surgery doesn't make a man a woman anymore than wearing gorilla costumes turns men into apes.)
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To: SeekAndFind

ALL progressives should be kicked to the curb.


20 posted on 01/02/2024 12:18:04 PM PST by who knows what evil? (Hospitals are the most dangerous place on Earth! Dr. David Williams)
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