Harvard President Claudine Gay said she would resign from her position on Tuesday, ending a six-month tenure marred by allegations of plagiarism and backlash over her congressional testimony about antisemitism on campus.

Gay had come under pressure to resign from Harvard’s Jewish community and some members of Congress over her comments at the Dec. 5 congressional hearing, while also facing several allegations of plagiarism for her academic work in recent months.

      • HexBroke [any, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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        10 months ago

        I think you’ve well and truly passed normal workplace standards (frankly their skill too) in management at that salary

        These are the skills she being paid for:

        In 2021, Gay announced that the cost of the Faculty core academic commitments were greater than its revenues and began processes to reduce expenses including a freeze on faculty bonuses and salary increases, and a freeze on faculty searches.

        In 2021, the [faculty] reported a surplus of $51 million, an increase from the projected deficit of $112 million.

        Cut wages for staff and bring $160m net to Harvard’s enormous coffers