hello. i am dana perino. it is 5:00 in new york city and this is the five. embattled harvard president resigning as the leader of the most powerfuel ivy league school in the country. it took her disastrous testimony before congress and 50 allegations of plagiarism to end the shortest presidency and the university s history, just six months. she dihed not mention eithern a statement but seems to imply racism was a factor in herctor ouster. she said it was frightening to be subjected to personal attacks and threats fueled by racial animus.an it started when she could not answer this question in front oe congress. the answer is yes, that calling for the of violates harvard code of conduct. i it depends on the context. it does not. the answer is yes and this is why you should resign. her stepping down as only the beginning. we have seen a failure ofdine leadership from claudine, but also a failure of academic integrity, which is ahe cornerstonre of any institution.
next time, say you were going to a climate change conference. it was about how different her trajectory was that she wass not subject toub that line of questioning. i was struck by two elements of her statement.fi that there was no apology. they teach you to apologize and how important forgiveness is. there was no apology about letting down the academic community. that is important. it is a small club, the ivory tower. people work really hard to getg there and they take low-paying e jobs and they kill themselves to publish multiple papers a year