{"id":2122923,"date":"2023-12-12T15:03:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T20:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harvard-president-gay-to-stay-amid-calls-to-resign-over-her-anti-semitism-testimony\/"},"modified":"2023-12-12T15:05:25","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T20:05:25","slug":"harvard-president-gay-to-stay-amid-calls-to-resign-over-her-anti-semitism-testimony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harvard-president-gay-to-stay-amid-calls-to-resign-over-her-anti-semitism-testimony\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvard President to Remain Despite Resignation Demands for Anti-Semitism Testimony"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fharvard-president-gay-to-stay-amid-calls-to-resign-over-her-anti-semitism-testimony%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2122923&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(L-R) Dr. Claudine Gay, President of Harvard University, Liz Magill, President of University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Pamela \u2062Nadell, Professor\u200d of History and Jewish Studies at American University, and Dr. Sally Kornbluth, President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, testify before the House Education and Workforce Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building\u200b on December 05, 2023 in Washington, DC. The Committee \u2063held a hearing to investigate antisemitism on college campuses. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/james-meyers\">James Meyers<\/a><br \/>11:48 AM \u2013\u200d Tuesday, December 12, 2023 <\/p>\n<h2>Harvard University President Claudine Gay to Remain in Role Despite Controversy<\/h2>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>The college\u2019s executive board commented\u200c on the decision, saying in a statement, \u201cOur extensive\u200d deliberations\u2063 affirm our confidence \u200bthat President Gay is the right leader to \u200bhelp our community heal and to address the \u200bvery serious societal issues we are facing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Harvard Corporation: \u201cIn this tumultuous and difficult time, we\u200d unanimously stand in support of President Gay.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/stSvH4t1BP\">https:\/\/t.co\/stSvH4t1BP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Harvard University (@Harvard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Harvard\/status\/1734563802509676713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The board acknowledged Gay\u2019s mistakes in the handling of anti-Semitism on the campus saying, \u201cSo many people have suffered tremendous \u200bdamage \u2063and pain because of \u2063Hamas\u2019s\u2064 brutal terrorist attack, and the University\u2019s initial statement should have been an immediate, direct, and unequivocal condemnation.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cCalls for genocide \u2063are despicable and contrary to fundamental human values. President Gay has apologized \u2064for how she handled \u200dher congressional testimony and has committed\u2062 to redoubling the University\u2019s fight against antisemitism.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The decision comes \u2062after many calls for Gay to resign from the position following her highly scrutinized appearance on Capitol \u200bHill last week. During the hearing,\u200b she refused to agree that calling \u2064for \u200dthe genocide of Jews is considered harassment. <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, billionaire hedge fund alumnus Bill Ackman, has been \u200boutspoken of relieving Gay of her duties. He said Harvard\u2019s board made the decision because they did not want to be seen as giving\u2064 into his request. <\/p>\n<p>Gay\u2019s academic work has also\u2062 been criticized with calls of plagiarism\u2063 recently.<\/p>\n<p>The Harvard president \u2063had\u200b paraphrased or quoted almost 20 authors that included two of her Harvard\u2063 University colleagues, without proper attribution in four\u200d of her publications. In at least \u200b10 instances, \u2064Gay \u2064used full sentences and entire paragraphs with minor changes.  <\/p>\n<p>The Harvard board\u2062 also said \u200bthat they did not find any violations from Gay when it comes to her writing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWhile the analysis found no violation of Harvard\u2019s standards for research misconduct, President Gay is proactively requesting four corrections in two articles to insert citations and quotation marks that were omitted from the original publications,\u201d the statement continues. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Furthermore, at least 570 professors signed a petition pleading with Harvard\u2019s board not to \u200dfire the university president.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts \u2063directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Police are investigating a hate crime attack in Beverly Hills, California. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Arden Young<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with John Rossomando<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Jim Nelles<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Netflix is set to pull ahead of Disney+ in the race for U.S. advertising dollars next\u200c year as price hikes and a password-sharing crackdown\u2064 pull more viewers to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netflix-giving-advertisers-getting-refunds-after-missing-viewership-targets\/\" title=\"Netflix Giving Advertisers Getting Refunds After Missing Viewership Targets\">ad-supported plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Microsoft and the AFL-CIO union federation said they had struck a \u2062deal whereby the \u200dsoftware \u2063giant will remain neutral in efforts by unions to encourage workers to become members.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Amazon.com asked a federal court to dismiss a U.S. government antitrust lawsuit which accuses the company\u2064 of\u2063 using illegal strategies to boost profits at \u200dits online retail \u200dempire.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>More than 10\u2062 million people have signed up for X in December, X CEO Linda Yaccarino said in \u2062a post on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> \u200b What role does Harvard University President Claudine Gay play in guiding the community through the healing process and \u200daddressing pressing social issues?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Harvard University President Claudine Gay is set to remain in her role \u2062despite controversy surrounding her handling of anti-Semitism on campus. The college&#8217;s executive board has expressed confidence\u200d in President Gay&#8217;s ability \u2062to lead the community through this challenging\u200d time and address\u2062 important\u2064 social \u200dissues.<\/p>\n<p>In\u200d a statement, the board stated, &#8220;Our extensive deliberations affirm our confidence that President Gay is the right leader to help \u2064our community \u2063heal\u2062 and to address the\u200d very \u2064serious societal issues we are facing.&#8221;\u2062 This decision comes amid calls \u2064for\u2062 her resignation following her appearance on Capitol Hill, where\u2062 she was \u2062criticized\u200c for\u2063 not\u200d condemning calls for \u200dthe\u200b genocide of Jews as harassment.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200cboard acknowledged Gay&#8217;s mistakes in \u2063her \u2063initial response to anti-Semitism on campus, stating, &#8220;So many people\u200b have suffered tremendous damage and pain because of Hamas&#8217;s brutal terrorist \u2064attack, and \u2064the \u2064University&#8217;s initial statement should have been an immediate, direct, and unequivocal \u2064condemnation.&#8221; However, they \u200dalso highlighted her commitment to doubling the University&#8217;s fight against anti-Semitism, \u2063as well as her apology for her handling of congressional testimony.<\/p>\n<p>Billionaire hedge fund alumnus Bill Ackman has been vocal about removing Gay from her position, but \u2063the \u2063board has denied that\u200d their decision was influenced\u200b by his request. They emphasized that they found no violations \u2063from Gay when it comes to\u2063 her academic\u200b writing, \u200bdespite recent accusations\u2062 of plagiarism. While there were instances where she used paraphrased or quoted material without proper attribution, \u2062the board determined that these did not violate Harvard&#8217;s standards \u2062for research misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>President Gay&#8217;s position has garnered support from the Harvard Corporation, who \u200dstated,\u200c &#8220;In \u200bthis tumultuous and difficult time, \u2062we unanimously stand in support of President Gay.&#8221; They acknowledge the current\u200b challenges and express their confidence in her ability to lead \u200cduring these\u200d trying circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>As Harvard University moves \u2063forward, it is clear that President Claudine Gay will play a crucial role in guiding the \u2062community through the healing process and \u200baddressing the pressing issues \u200bof our society. While there may be criticism and \u200dcalls for her resignation, the decision of the college&#8217;s executive board reflects their belief that \u2062she is the right \u2062leader for Harvard\u2062 University at this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Claudine Gay, Harvard University President, Liz Magill, University of Pennsylvania President, Dr. Pamela Nadell, American University Professor of History and Jewish Studies, and Dr. Sally Kornbluth, Massachusetts Institute of Technology President, testify at the House Education and Workforce Committee on December 05, 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2301,"featured_media":2122924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2122923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2122923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2301"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2122923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2122923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2122924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2122923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2122923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2122923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}