she called gay s resignation long overdue. she said she was devoid of the academic integrity required of the president of harvard. what is your reaction to today s resignation and the comments from the congresswoman? i think elise stefano should be ashamed of herself, because i don t think she cares about any of the things she talked about. i don t think she cares about anti-semitism. i don t think she cares about academic freedom. i don t think she cares about any of the things she presses on. she cares about winning political points. i think that political attacks on a university are all things we should be frightened by, regardless of our politics. i m sad for the american universities, and i am sad for claudine gay, because i think she was a capable leader facing an extremely difficult situation, and people like elise stefano were not helping. let s say even everything you say is true, potentially,
tumultuous period. going back to the october 7th attacks on israel by hamas, the university was criticized for its response, criticized for the anti-israel student statement. there was a december 5th hearing before congress where gay had to apologize for her performance there. the harvard board offered its unanimous support on december 12, said there would be some corrections to gay s academic work, and there were even more corrections, and now gay has announced her resignation. it has been a combination of all of these factors contributing to the end of claudine gay s presidency at harvard. thank you so much for the update. let s dig deeper with brian eno s, a professor of government at harvard. thank you for being with us. we are just getting a statement now from new york congresswoman elise stefano, who was at the hearing on capitol hill about anti-semitism on campus, and pressed the three presidents, including claudine gay. she says she will always deliver results.