Experts say Harvard Corporation must correct its own missteps
To move forward, experts in higher education leadership say, Harvard’s historically opaque and omnipotent governing body will need to make some changes.
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To move forward, experts in higher education leadership say, Harvard’s historically opaque and omnipotent governing body will need to make some changes.
Facing intense pressure, it went from standing behind her as the university’s president to pushing her out within weeks.
Harvard Corporation members say they accept now-former President Claudine Gay's resignation, but note "deeply personal and sustained" attacks on her.
Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned on Tuesday, following antisemitism scandals at the Ivy League university, a disastrous congressional testimony, and scores of plagiarism allegations being unearthed in recent months. Her six month tenure marks the shortest tenure in Harvard's history.
Harvard Corporation members Tracy Palandjian and Paul Finnegan (both right) met with four professors from the school at Bar Enza in Cambridge.