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Claudine Gay and America’s new class system

Hugo Gurdon · January 4, 2024 8:00 am

Then-Edgerley Family Dean of Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences Claudine Gay addresses an audience during commencement ceremonies, May 25, 2023, on the school's campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Gay, Harvard University's president, resigned Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, amid plagiarism accusations and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing where she was unable to say unequivocally that calls on campus for the genocide of Jews would violate the schoolâs conduct policy.

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With Claudine Gay gone, let’s purge higher education of the DEI apparatus she represents

Mike Gonzalez · January 4, 2024 6:00 am

Harvard President Claudine Gay speaks during a hearing of the House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Washington.

Claudine Gay says attack on ‘pillars of American society’ led to her resignation

Brady Knox · January 3, 2024 6:43 pm

Penny Pritzker answers media questions during her visit to the Coca-Cola plant near Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023.

Harvard scandal: Harvard Corporation senior fellow to stay on despite calls to resign

Brady Knox · January 3, 2024 6:27 pm

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I attended college during the pandemic, and all I got was this stupid refund check

Christopher Tremoglie · January 3, 2024 4:00 pm

The Harvard Corporation is just as bad as, if not worse than, Claudine Gay

Jeremiah Poff · January 3, 2024 3:56 pm

The Department of Education Building is shown in Washington.

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Anti-family financial aid law punishes those with multiple kids in college

Timothy P. Carney · January 3, 2024 1:47 pm

Passers-by walk near an entrance to Harvard University, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard President Claudine Gay will remain leader of the prestigious Ivy League school following her comments last week at a congressional hearing on antisemitism, the university's highest governing body announced Tuesday.

More than 1,600 donors have ditched elite universities over antisemitism

Asher Notheis · January 2, 2024 2:38 pm

Harvard President Claudine Gay, left, speaks as University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill listens, during a hearing of the House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023 in Washington.

We should celebrate Claudine Gay’s damage to Harvard’s ‘elite’ reputation

Jeremiah Poff · January 2, 2024 1:57 pm

Claudine Gay, who was then the president of Harvard University, speaks at a House Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing on campus antisemitism at the Capitol in Washington on Dec. 5, 2023.

Harvard President Claudine Gay resigns following weeks of scandal and scrutiny

Eden Villalovas · January 2, 2024 1:12 pm

Harvard students call for Claudine Gay’s resignation

Jack Birle · January 1, 2024 7:41 pm

Crimson Confusion: Harvard newspaper sends mixed signals on President Gay’s refusal to resign

Julia Johnson · December 31, 2023 5:20 pm