Harvard University has a difficult job ahead as it works to rebuild trust in its community and try to move on from the fallout of its president’s testimony before Congress. Unlike the head of the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), Harvard chief Claudine Gay was able to keep her position after international backlash when two the…
The two governing bodies of Harvard University are meeting Monday to weigh the fate of President Claudine Gay, who has faced withering criticism for her testimony last week on antisemitism at elite colleges and universities.
The heads of Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania were forced to issue statements clarifying their responses to a U.S. congressional hearing on antisemitism after a barrage of criticism from business leaders and politicians.
The presidents of UPenn, Harvard, and MIT have faced denunciations since they offered equivocal answers about whether calling for the genocide of Jews violated the schools' policies.