The University of South Carolina’s President Claudine Gay has resigned after facing allegations that she plagiarized parts of her published work. The Harvard Corporation, the highest governing board in Harvard, noted that Gay had acknowledged “missteps”. Gay took office in July after 16 years as a professor and became the first female president at the university.
Harvard, MIT and the University of Pennsylvania are under criticism for a congressional hearing about antisemitism that took place last week. A group of 74 Congress members signed a letter last week asking the governing boards of Harvard, MIT and UPenn to remove their presidents. Harvard President Claudine Gay’s response to allegations of antisemitism was criticised after she testified before the House Committee on Education.
