The speed of Gay's departure, and the intense public backlash, reflects the tumultuous politics around higher education nationwide right now, one scholar says.
Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned Tuesday amid multiple controversies, setting a record for the shortest-lived presidency at the storied university. She was appointed back in July and saw only a brief period of peace before October brought multiple controversies that eventually cost her the job, including accusations of plagiarism and the fallout from a…
Gay told the Harvard Crimson she was looking forward to visiting the far east continent in March, in what would be her first international tour since assuming office.