Claudine Gay’s Resignation Shines a Light on the Academic Hypocrisies of Elite Universities

Plagiarism is not a new problem at Harvard. For years it’s been clear that Harvard (and probably universities elsewhere) treat plagiarism as a minor offense when it’s committed by faculty or administrators and a major offense when it’s committed by Continue reading Claudine Gay’s Resignation Shines a Light on the Academic Hypocrisies of Elite Universities

It’s Long Past Time for Universities to Take Antisemitism Seriously

The number of minutes I spent over the weekend being angry about the resignation of Liz Magill, who stepped down as president of the University of Pennsylvania Saturday, was precisely zero. Yes, I hate to see conservative donors, in this Continue reading It’s Long Past Time for Universities to Take Antisemitism
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