Emma H. Haidar and Cam E. Kettles:
“If a university is willing to look the other way and not hold faculty accountable for engaging in academically dishonest behavior, it cheapens its mission and the value of its education,” Foxx wrote in the letter.
University spokesperson Jonathan L. Swain declined to comment on the investigation.
The committee initially opened a probe into antisemitism at Harvard on Dec. 7 following Gay’s testimony before the committee two days earlier. In an interview with The Crimson the same day, Gay said the University would “comply with whatever information is called for.”
Foxx requested Harvard produce “all documents and communications” related to the plagiarism allegations or related to the review by members of the Corporation.
The committee also warned that Harvard could lose federal funding if it is found to not have taken the claims of widespread plagiarism against Gay seriously.
The tipping point is here. It'd really be good if Claudine Gay resigned now. The mere 11 papers was unseemly, but just maybe a university president doesn't need to be a top-class scholar. But the sheer volume of the plagiarism ON TOP OF THIS is a really bad look.
— John McWhorter (@JohnHMcWhorter) December 21, 2023