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| Victor Davis Hanson: Harvard ‐ Out Of The Frying Pan, Into The Fire |
| 2024-01-05 |
| [Daily Caller] Harvard may assume the forced resignation of its president, Claudine Gay, has finally ended its month-long scandal over her tenure. Gay stepped down, remember, amid serious allegations of serial plagiarism — without refuting the charges. She proved either unable or unwilling to discipline those on her campus who were defiantly antisemitic in speech and action. But Gay’s removal is not the end of Harvard’s dilemma. Rather, it is the beginning. In the respective press releases from both Gay and the Harvard Corporation, racial animus was cited as a reason for her removal. Gay did not even refer to her failure to stop antisemitism on her campus or her own record of blatant plagiarism. Yet playing the race card reflects poorly on both and for a variety of reasons. One, Gay’s meager publication record — a mere eleven articles without a single published book of her own — had somehow earned her a prior Harvard full professorship and presidency. Such a thin résumé leading to academic stardom is unprecedented. Two, the University of Pennsylvania forced the resignation of its president, Liz Magill. She sat next to Gay during that now-infamous congressional hearing in which they both claimed they were unable to discipline blatant antisemitism on their campuses. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #2 The impact would be knowable from graphs of alumni donations and student applications over the next year. Looking at similar graphs for Oberlin College over the last 5 years would give you an idea of whether this is a Disney and/or Bud Lite situation. I am not really sure as I don’t think either school has many conservative alumni or applicants. Regardless, they have a perception/brand issue that probably will impact schools as far away as Cornel or Dartmouth among the gen pop. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2024-01-05 15:15 |
| #1 Just wondering out loud. Where does Ms. GAY stand regarding BLoM, given they support HAMAS? She sure was a Defund the Police - George Floyd supporter |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2024-01-05 07:59 |