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Moment of extraordinary challenge with a focus on the institution rather than any individual. harvard announced that alan garber, who currently serves as provost will step in as interim president, while acknowledging gay's commitment to the scol. it is with that overarching consideration in mind that we have accepted gay's resignation harvard's leadership wrote, adding we do so with sorrow. conservative media had been unearthing multiple examples of plaj giarism include in her pas works including almost an entire paragraph without citation after she along with the presidents of upenn and m.i.t...

>> again, it depends on the context. >> reporter: fallout from the hearing also resulted in the resignation of u penn's president liz magill. elise stefanik wasted no time responding to today's comments. >> as a harvard graduate myself, we have seen a failure of leadership from claudine gay, a failure of moral leadership. this accountability would not have happened were it not for that congressional hearing. >> reporter: stefanik underscoring that her investigation will continue. >> only when it comes to antisemitic hate speech that the school tolerates it and gives these kind of laurie equivo...

Adding, "we do so with sorrow." conservative media had been unearthing multiple examples of plagiarism in behave gay's past works, including an entire paragraph lifted almost verbatim in her 1997 ph.d. dissertation without citation. after she along with the presidents of u-penn and m.i.t. gave an answer that was widely considered too legal in a december 5th congressional hearing about anti-semitism on campus. >> so the answer is yes, that calling for the genocide of jews violates harvard code of conduct, correct. >> again, it depends on the context. >> reporter: fallout from the hearing also r...

Mary Elizabeth Magill was being pressured to resign from the University of Pennsylvania after statements made during a congressional committee on antisemitism on college campuses.

Mary Elizabeth Magill is being pressured to resign from the University of Pennsylvania after statements made during a congressional committee on antisemitism on college campuses.