Harvard President Claudine Gay Resigns Amid Plagiarism Scandal
Gay's tenure marked by controversy over policy change that redefined research misconduct, leading to calls for further resignations within Harvard Corporation.
- Claudine Gay, the shortest-serving president in Harvard's history, resigned after nearly 50 allegations of plagiarism spanning half of her published work.
- Gay had approved a policy in 2019 that redefined research misconduct to exclude accidental infractions, a policy that the Harvard Corporation leaned on to try to exonerate her.
- Despite the allegations, Gay remains a tenured faculty member making $900,000 a year.
- The policy change has led to calls for the resignation of Penny Pritzker, the head of the Harvard Corporation, due to the handling of the plagiarism charges.
- The scandal has raised larger questions about the prevalence of plagiarism in academia and how it should be policed.
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