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Claudine Gay’s resignation had nothing to do with plagiarism

Her resignation is merely the latest episode in the right wing’s assault on education – a project that has increased in its virulence in recent years

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Protests against Harvard donor outside New York office led by Reverend Sharpton

Protests erupt outside Harvard donor's office as Reverend Al Sharpton leads the charge. Controversy surrounds Harvard's recent personnel changes and calls ...

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Iran Explosion

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Higher education under attack: Harvard president ousted in conservative battle

Harvard's ousted President warns of a broader war against higher education as she steps down amid pressure, fueling speculation of a coming reckoning.

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MIT President under scrutiny for handling campus anti-Semitism

Join us as MIT graduate student Talia Khan shares her firsthand experiences with anti-Semitism on campus and calls for real change to ensure student safety.

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First Thing: Documents linking associates to Jeffrey Epstein unsealed

Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, David Copperfield and Prince Andrew among high-profile names in court documents. Plus, 20 easy, mind-expanding ways to be more creative

The Guardian - UK

DEI ideology exposed: Plagiarism and anti-Semitism scandals rock elite universities

Discover the heated debate surrounding the controversy at Harvard, where DEI and allegations of plagiarism collide. Is diversity under attack or is academi...

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Resignation of Harvard President Sparks Controversy Amidst Plagiarism Allegations

Explore a fiery op-ed response and reactions to the resignation of former Harvard president, President Claudine Gay, with a touch of unconventional wit.

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Ousted Harvard president Claudine Gay warns of ‘a broader war’ in op-ed

A day after resigning, university’s first Black president says the call to testify on antisemitism at elite colleges was ‘a well-laid trap’

The Guardian - US

Harvard had no choice but to let Gay step down, private equity say

Bill Ackman, the billionaire hedge fund exec, calls for Penny Pritzker, Harvard Corp’s board chair, to resign

Fortune

Hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman takes aim at DEI 'ideology' after Harvard president's resignation, claiming it's anti-capitalist

“Under DEI’s ideology,” Ackman wrote, “Capitalism is racist, Advanced Placement exams are racist, IQ tests are racist, corporations are racist."

Fortune

Second administration official resigns in protest of Biden's support for Israeli war in Gaza

A Department of Education policy adviser has resigned to protest the administration’s military support of Israel’s war in Gaza, as well as its handling of fallout from the war at home and abroad

The Independent UK

Does A.P. Really Think Conservatives Invented Plagiarism Accusations?

The media response to Claudine Gay's ouster has been ludicrous.

Reason

Harvard seeks to move past firestorm brought on by school President Claudine Gay's resignation

Harvard University is trying to move past the firestorm brought on by the plagiarism allegations, congressional testimony and resignation of Claudine Gay, the school’s first Black president

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‘A bully’: the billionaire who led calls for Claudine Gay’s Harvard exit

US hedge fund manager Bill Ackman posts 4,000-word screed decrying ‘racism against white people’ after Gay’s departure

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‘Racist, vicious’: academics decry rightwing attacks on Claudine Gay

As the right celebrates the resignation of the Harvard president as ‘victory’, concerns rise over equality initiatives in universities

The Independent UK

Bill Ackman blasts Harvard diversity policy in 4,000 word essay

The Pershing Square CEO, himself a Havard alumnus, posted a 4,000 missive on X in which he called for overhaul of university’s board

Salon

Harvard prez resigns, citing attacks

“This is an attack on every Black woman in this country who’s put a crack in the glass ceiling," says Al Sharpton

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Alan Dershowitz posts 31-minute defence video after Epstein documents unsealed

Dershowitz issued a 31-minute response titled ‘The Epstein list and guilty by association’ following the unsealing of 40 Epstein-linked legal filings on Wednesday

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Harvard Protests Escalate After President's Resignation Sparks Racial Controversy

Join us as Cornell William Brooks discusses the resignation of Harvard's first black and second woman president and the racial animus behind it. A thought-...

WEKU

Claudine Gay's resignation highlights the trouble with regulating academic writing

Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned Tuesday amid plagiarism allegations. Experts say improved technology could bring to light more alleged transgressions in past works by other academic leaders.

Reason

Harvard's Affirmative Action Hire Gets the Boot

Plus: Trump sues over ballot access, the CCP tells people to have sex, and more...

Fortune

With Harvard’s Gay gone, billionaire speculator Bill Ackman shifts crosshairs to MIT president—and DEI

The activist investor behind the Pershing Square hedge fund blames diversity, equity, and inclusion policies for the spread of anti-Semitism on college campuses.

WEKU

Up First briefing: Top Hamas leader killed in Lebanon; Harvard president resigns

A senior Hamas leader is killed in an explosion in Beirut. Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigns.

Evening Standard

Frederik, the 'party prince': the down-to-earth next king of Denmark who met his wife in a pub

He loves Burning Man, used a fake name at Harvard and met his Australian-Scottish wife in a Sydney bar. As Crown Prince Frederik prepares to ascend the throne, Katie Strick and Emma Loffhagen report on his rebellious past and rumours of a recent affair

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