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Amid Calls for Gay's Resignation, Harvard Corporation Convenes for Scheduled Meeting
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Leroy N. Soetoro
Dec 16, 2023, 7:18:15 PM12/16/23
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The Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers — the University’s
governing bodies — convened on campus Sunday for a regularly scheduled
meeting that comes five days after calls for President Claudine Gay to
resign grew following her congressional testimony, according to a source
close to the governing boards.
In a break between the board meetings, Harvard Corporation Senior Fellow
Penny S. Pritzker ’81 did not answer repeated questions from The Crimson
about whether she would ask Gay to step down, when approached by a
reporter Sunday afternoon.
Pritzker, who is on campus for a meeting of the governing boards, ignored
the questions as she and Shirley M. Tilghman — another member of the
Corporation — entered a vehicle.
While the meeting of the Corporation and the Board of Overseers follows
their ordinary timeline, the backdrop against which the convening takes
place is nothing but extraordinary.
During the hearing before the House Committee on Education and the
Workforce, Gay — alongside fellow witnesses University of Pennsylvania
President Elizabeth Magill and MIT President Sally A. Kornbluth —
repeatedly declined to directly answer a question from Rep. Elise M.
Stefanik ’06 (R-N.Y.) about whether calls for the genocide of Jews violate
Harvard’s policies on bullying and harassment.
The exchange with Stefanik went viral, and Magill resigned Saturday amid
the backlash and pressure from UPenn’s board of trustees.
Gay, who had previously faced only a few isolated calls to resign from the
presidency, has received mounting pressure to step down. On Friday, more
than 70 members of Congress — including two Democrats — signed a letter to
Harvard governance calling on Gay to resign.
The boards are expected to discuss the backlash to Gay’s testimony and
make a decision on whether they should issue a public statement in support
of the president they elected to lead Harvard less than one year ago.
While the Corporation has remained silent about the future of Gay’s
tenure, an increasing number of Harvard faculty members have spoken up to
express support for Gay.
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We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that
stupid people won't be offended.
Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem. It has none.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
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The Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers — the University’s
governing bodies — convened on campus Sunday for a regularly scheduled
meeting that comes five days after calls for President Claudine Gay to
resign grew following her congressional testimony, according to a source
close to the governing boards.
In a break between the board meetings, Harvard Corporation Senior Fellow
Penny S. Pritzker ’81 did not answer repeated questions from The Crimson
about whether she would ask Gay to step down, when approached by a
reporter Sunday afternoon.
Pritzker, who is on campus for a meeting of the governing boards, ignored
the questions as she and Shirley M. Tilghman — another member of the
Corporation — entered a vehicle.
While the meeting of the Corporation and the Board of Overseers follows
their ordinary timeline, the backdrop against which the convening takes
place is nothing but extraordinary.
During the hearing before the House Committee on Education and the
Workforce, Gay — alongside fellow witnesses University of Pennsylvania
President Elizabeth Magill and MIT President Sally A. Kornbluth —
repeatedly declined to directly answer a question from Rep. Elise M.
Stefanik ’06 (R-N.Y.) about whether calls for the genocide of Jews violate
Harvard’s policies on bullying and harassment.
The exchange with Stefanik went viral, and Magill resigned Saturday amid
the backlash and pressure from UPenn’s board of trustees.
Gay, who had previously faced only a few isolated calls to resign from the
presidency, has received mounting pressure to step down. On Friday, more
than 70 members of Congress — including two Democrats — signed a letter to
Harvard governance calling on Gay to resign.
The boards are expected to discuss the backlash to Gay’s testimony and
make a decision on whether they should issue a public statement in support
of the president they elected to lead Harvard less than one year ago.
While the Corporation has remained silent about the future of Gay’s
tenure, an increasing number of Harvard faculty members have spoken up to
express support for Gay.
--
We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that
stupid people won't be offended.
Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem. It has none.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
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