Harvard president faces plagiarism accusations

Claudine Gay, president of Harvard, recently faced accusations of dismissing antisemitism on campus. But she’s now facing accusations of plagiarism in her academic work as well. NBC’s Maura Barrett spoke with one of her accusers.

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[aguynamedscott]

It doesn’t matter if they fire her or not at this point. Harvard is nothing more than a high end degree mill and has lost any prestige it ever had.

[We-will-defeat-them]

Harvard has high standards for student administrations and extremely low standards for their university president.

[DiscoCatsMeow]

If she truly plagiarized her doctorate it needs to be rescinded. She obtained it under false pretenses.

[teeconsigliano]

while Harvard makes students sign promises that they won't plagiarize

[yeah_right]

Dr Swain is right, to call it "inadequate citation" is rewriting the definition of plagiarism to cover the unethical bahavior of their own.

And its elitist to think they have the right to do so.

[dauferm]

How is she a full, tenured professor when she only has 11 publications? Even if she hadn't plagiarized, that would still be insufficient in most institutions.

[weebercorey]

I guess at Harvard, plagiarism depends on context.

[yowzer]

It's hard to understand how one accidentally copies someone else's work or 'inadequately cites' things. A half decent writer always knows when they are using other's work, let alone the president of Harvard, one would think.

[QbutNotTheQ]

I thought Harvard had academic standards. How is that possible if the president of the university plagiarized throughout her academic history?

[motomania]

Students who were expelled or punished in the past for plagiarism at Harvard can now sue the university. Fact. Plagiarism is o.k. at Harvard. Nice that Harvard has a big check book, they will need it.

[rander]

What amazes me is NBC reporting this at all.

[Shineon]

A century from now, historians & social scientists will look back on this era, and the followers of the “DEI” & “woke” movements, as one of the most negative examples of Groupthink since the Salem Witch Trials….

[lukeb]

What happens to college students who plagiarize? First time is suspension and automatic class failure, second time is expulsion. In fact, if the first occurrence of plagiarism is bad enough, they’ll jump straight to expulsion. If a degree has been issued yet plagiarism is found post-graduation, they will rescind your degree and report to employers that you cheated and therefore didn’t graduate. They literally make every college student take a class in their very first semester of college where plagiarism is clearly explained along with the ramifications. “Oopsies” is rarely accepted. Especially at such prestigious universities.

So where’s the disciplinary proceeding? Where’s the rescinding of her doctorate for literally plagiarizing other people’s work in her dissertation?

How can the head-honcho of a college commit plagarism during her education and be let off the hook, yet the students she now oversees don’t get that benefit?

A true roll model for all of the hard-working respectable kids just trying to get the degree (which is becoming increasingly hard to find).

[BobbyJohnson-bckb]

“Inadequate citation”🤡🤡🤡 Thats literally the definition of plagiarism.

[revolutionhamburger]

The lady is clearly not there because she is smart or hard working or a serious scholar. Much more qualified people were rejected in favor of this fraud. Why was that?

[missmerbella]

Not only should she be removed from her position but she should also have her PhD revoked. You can't plagiarize your doctoral thesis and still get your PhD. What in the world?

[JohnMalik]

These are not "accusations". She literally copied and pasted entire paragraphs from legit authors. She is a liar and thief and she needs to be fired.

[DEichenberg]

Losing billions in donations, no one is enrolling, and they continue to support her? Why?

[alrivas]

Rules for thee but not for the privileged class.

[charlie-qhll]

This is what happens when you hire people based on what boxes they check instead of their competency.