The Harvard presidential search team did not conduct a thorough review of embattled Claudine Gay’s scholarship before they handed her the plum role which resulted in her beating out candidates with “far more extensive” academic work under their belts.
The university on Friday submitted an eight-page report and other documents outlining its response to the saga to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
To move forward, experts in higher education leadership say, Harvard’s historically opaque and omnipotent governing body will need to make some changes.