According to the Washington Free Beacon, former Harvard University president Claudine Gay, as dean of the university's arts and sciences, approved a weakened version of the department's plagiarism policy, which she later used to defend herself against plagiarism charges. It is said that it was done.
Gay resigned on January 2, after having already submitted multiple revisions to his academic paper following several plagiarism allegations. Gay approved a “research misconduct” policy in 2019 that excluded her accidental violations and was later cited in her defense by Harvard, the university's highest governing board. according to To the free beacon. (Related: 'Very basic' error invalidates core findings of former Harvard president's doctoral dissertation, data scientist says)
The policy reiterates that a finding of “research misconduct” must be found to have occurred “intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly.” according to On December 12, Harvard University released a statement saying, “We do not condone violations of research misconduct.''
WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 5: Harvard University President Dr. Claudine Gay testifies before the House Education and Workforce Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building on December 5, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
The August 2019 Plagiarism Policy does not include any tolerance for unintentional violations. according to To archived versions of web pages.
The old policy read: “Plagiarism is the appropriation of another person's ideas, processes, results, or words without giving appropriate credit.”
Several media outlets accused Gay of plagiarism after he appeared before the House Education and Labor Committee, which also accused him of plagiarism, University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) President Liz McGill, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). ) University President Sally Kornbluth declined to say whether she would request the committee. The genocide of Jews violated the school's policy on student conduct.
Following the hearing, the committee launched an investigation into Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, and MIT, and on December 20 expanded its scope to include plagiarism allegations against gays. Gay and McGill resigned, but the committee announced on January 2 that it would continue its investigation.
Harvard University frequently disciplines students for academic integrity violations, resulting in the expulsion of an average of about 18 students per year between the 2015-2016 and 2020-2021 academic years. Many academic integrity violations are due to plagiarism.
“If a student omits quotation marks or citations, as President Gay did, he or she is typically sentenced to one term of probation and remains on the student's record forever,” said a student member of Harvard's Honor Council. said. I have written In an editorial in the Harvard Crimson.
Harvard University did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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