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Watchdog files accreditation complaint against Harvard over plagiarism scandal

Jennifer Kabbany - Fix Editor — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 05:03:32 +0000

A higher education watchdog group has filed a complaint with the organization that accredits Harvard University over campus leaders’ probe into plagiarism accusations against former President Claudine Gay. The American Council of Trustees and Alumni filed a 12-page complaint with the New England Commission of Higher Education that calls on the group to launch a probe into “Harvard’s apparent…

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Professor who belittled Christopher Rufo’s Harvard degree ‘apologizes’

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 16:43:57 +0000

Says original remarks were ‘clearly phrased badly’ The Harvard professor who made fun of conservative journalist Christopher Rufo’s Harvard Extension School degree as “not the same” as those earned by “normal” Harvard students … has offered an apology. Sort of. Jennifer Hochschild, a professor of government and African/African American Studies whose work was plagiarized by former Harvard…

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Jewish students sue Harvard alleging inaction against ‘rampant’ antisemitism

Micaiah Bilger - Assistant Editor — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 19:48:50 +0000

‘It became so unbearable that this was our only option,’ student says Six Jewish students accused Harvard University of “selectively” enforcing its anti-discrimination policies by allowing “rampant” antisemitism to continue on campus in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday. Their complaint alleging “severe and pervasive” antisemitism at Harvard is the latest in a growing list of similar lawsuits.

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Modern Language Association passes motion in support of anti-Israel faculty

David Glasser - Florida State University — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 05:00:58 +0000

A top academic group has passed an “emergency motion” advocating for the protection of college faculty who condemn Israel. The Modern Language Association, considered America’s top professional association for language scholars, passed the motion at its annual convention held last week in Philadelphia. The motion calls on the MLA to “take immediate steps to urge university administrations to…

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Professor plagiarized by Gay attacks Rufo for Harvard Extension School degree

Matt Lamb - Associate Editor — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 17:32:16 +0000

‘Those students are great – I teach them- but they are not the same as what we normally think of as Harvard graduate students’ The ongoing fallout from the resignation of Claudine Gay as president of Harvard University includes rehashing an old argument against conservative journalist Christopher Rufo and his degree from the institution. Rufo has a master’s degree from Harvard Extension School…

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Billionaire CEO announces MIT plagiarism probe

College Fix Staff — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 15:30:47 +0000

Bill Ackman launched review following plagiarism accusations against his wife This past weekend, hedge fund founder Bill Ackman announced he would launch an AI plagiarism review of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s faculty and leaders with possible plans to extend the probe to other elite universities. Ackman (pictured), CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, wrote Friday on X…

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Citing campus antisemitism, popular Jewish computer scientist resigns from MIT

David Glasser - Florida State University — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 05:03:04 +0000

UPDATED A prominent computer scientist at MIT has resigned after accusing the university of failing to protect and defend Jewish students and staff from extreme campus antisemitism that followed the October terrorist attacks against Israeli citizens. Mauricio Karchmer, a lecturer at MIT since 2019, announced his resignation in a LinkedIn post Jan. 3 that stated it was a difficult decision…

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Some Harvard scholars demand return to academic freedom, free speech on campus

Matthew Xiao - Cornell University — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 05:00:58 +0000

‘Harvard is a vastly less tolerant place than it was when I arrived in 1998’ As controversy engulfs Harvard University, three of its professors recently censured administrators for promulgating leftist ideology at the expense of academic freedom and called for a return to free speech and open inquiry on campus. Law Professor J. Mark Ramseyer, psychology Professor Steven Pinker…

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Three takeaways from the Claudine Gay resignation

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sat, 06 Jan 2024 16:32:32 +0000

Take #1: The mainstream media is a bigger joke than ever. On Wednesday, the Associated Press headlined “Harvard president’s resignation highlights new conservative weapon against colleges: plagiarism.” Later that day it sort of backtracked, changing the headline to “Plagiarism charges downed Harvard’s president. A conservative attack helped to fan the outrage.” It noted the original…

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Black scholar plagiarized by Harvard’s Gay sends legal demand letter: ‘unlawful copying’

Jennifer Kabbany - Fix Editor — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 18:36:56 +0000

Carol Swain, one of the most prominent conservative black scholars in the nation whose ideas appear to have been lifted and riffed on by Harvard University’s Claudine Gay without credit, has sent a letter to the institution’s leaders demanding answers and “remedies.” The Jan. 3 letter is addressed to Harvard Corporation fellows, who oversee the school, and states Swain’s 1993 book “Black Faces…

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