Republicans probe Harvard President Claudine Gay’s plagiarism, ‘shameful’ suppression of NY Post

Описание: House Republicans are investigating Harvard’s handling of “credible allegations of plagiarism” against its president, Claudine Gay, as well as the university’s efforts to suppress inquiries from The Post about her scholarship. NY Post reporter John Christenson shares this story.

House Education and Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) wrote a letter on Wednesday to Harvard Corporation senior fellow Penny Pritzker demanding internal documents and communications about the scandal.

Foxx’s letter questions whether the university’s governing body is holding Gay to “the same standards” as students after her work was flagged for dozens of instances of copying other academics — including portions of her 1997 Ph.D. thesis.

The Post first contacted Harvard about the seemingly improper citations nearly two months ago — and was subsequently threatened with a defamation suit if it published a story based on the allegations.

As part of the probe, Foxx has requested any records about the university’s “public response to media inquiries.”

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