Harvard president faces more plagiarism allegations, House expands investigation

[KARAH RUCKER]

HARVARD UNIVERSITY’S PRESIDENT CLAUDINE GAY IS FACING MORE PRESSURE.

FIRST THERE WERE CALLS FOR HER RESIGNATION AFTER HER CONTROVERSIAL TESTIMONY OVER ANTI SEMITISM ON CAMPUS. THIS SPARKED A HOUSE INVESTIGATION INTO THE UNIVERSITY.

AND NOW – REVELATIONS OF ALLEGED PLAGIARISM BY THE PRESIDENT.

HARVARD’S TOP GOVERNING BOARD IS AWARE OF WHERE THE PRESIDENT LEFT OUT PROPER CITATIONS IN SEVERAL PUBLISHED ARTICLES BUT SAYS IT DOESN’T PASS THE THRESHOLD OF BEING “RESEARCH MISCONDUCT.”

THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY STANDS BY THEIR PRESIDENT – AS THEY HAVE OVER HER TESTIMONY WHEN SHE WOULD NOT SAY “CALLS FOR GENOCIDE” WENT AGAINST THE SCHOOL’S CODE OF CONDUCT.

BUT NOT CONSIDERED IN THEIR MOST RECENT REVIEW, WAS ALLEGED PLAGIARISM IN HER DISSERTATION.

SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY PRESIDENT GAY WILL NOW SUBMIT THREE REVISIONS TO HER 1997 DISSERTATION AFTER SHE LEFT OUT “IMPORTANT QUOTATIONS AND CITATIONS” IN HER WORK.

THE WASHINGTON FREE BEACON INDEPENDENTLY REVIEWED FOUR PAPERS PUBLISHED BY GAY BETWEEN 1993 AND 2017, INCLUDING HER DOCTORAL DISSERTATION.

THE FREE BEACON’S REVIEW FOUND GAY “PARAPHRASED OR QUOTED NEARLY 20 AUTHORS WITHOUT PROPER ATTRIBUTION MORE THAN 40 TIMES.”

BECAUSE OF THE LATEST REVELATIONS, THE HOUSE WILL BE EXPANDING THEIR INVESTIGATION ALREADY LAUNCHED INTO THE UNIVERSITY.

THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON “EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE” HAS BEGUN A REVIEW OF HARVARD’S HANDLING OF THE PLAGIARISM ALLEGATIONS.

THE COMMITTEE CHAIR SENT A LETTER TO HARVARD’S GOVERNING BOARD ASKING FOR ALL DOCUMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS CONCERNING THE PRESIDENT’S ALLEGED PLAGIARISM AND A LIST OF TYPICAL DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS WHEN THE UNIVERSITY FINDS A FACULTY MEMBER OR STUDENT COMMITS PLAGIARISM.