What do you think about this problem?

[msc545]

"Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned Tuesday amid plagiarism allegations and outrage that came not from her academic peers but from her political foes, led by conservatives who put her career under intense scrutiny"

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4 mo

She was accused of plagiarizing material in her Doctoral Dissertation that she wrote many years ago.

[lightbulb27]

I'm not a fan of "cancel people" culture and throwing people under the bus. I especially don't like destroying peoples lives based upon accusations.

So I count the plagarism as BS and wrong. If she did, (proof) she should have her PhD revoked, go back and fix all that sh! t and re-apply. A student cheating would be tossed out of school for a few years, and so should she... judge her by the same measure she judges.

The hate speech against jews - I'd have to listen to what all was said, don't like to jump to conclusions. I think she was full of BS when she spoke.. because if you change the "Jew" term to some others, it would be immediate hate speech. Pick your word... But she could be convinced she's wrong with enough talk, and she got cut off... let her talk... I wanna hear what these super smart libbies have to say! Bottom line, it's a campus and everyone should feel safe (duh). Free speech yes, but not allowed to go around saying "We are going to murder you all". That makes people uncomfortable, threatened and people get tossed out for that crap. Thus, yes, it's a violation of policy. duh! Ain't no context there. Now here's the weird part... it's ok to let Israel say "we are going to wipe out Hamas". That's ok speech. ugh!

Lastly... it makes me laugh and puke that she keeps her 900k salary after resigning... wouldn't shock me if it's cola adjusted too. WT Sam F? You think I really give a flying crap about Harvard right now after hearing that? Think I'm gonna pay extra to send my kid to Yale? They can go to H just for doing that stupid crap. Come join me with torches and pitch forks so we can march around these universities of stupidity and stop that crap. What execs get away with is unreal... and more specifically these boards. That's a bigger problem then all the above as it's been going on for decades.

[lightbulb27]

from bill ackman on X:
It was only after getting the story cancelled that the Board secretly launched a cursory, short-form investigation outside of the proper process for evaluating a member of the faculty’s potential plagiarism. When the Board finally publicly acknowledged some of Gay’s plagiarism, it characterized the plagiarism as “unintentional” and invented new euphemisms, i. e., “duplicative language” to describe plagiarism, a belittling of academic integrity that has caused grave damage to Harvard’s academic standards and credibility.

So it sounds like they waived their hand over actual cheating... nice! I've not seen evidence.

[exitseven]

What lroblem? If a white guy got caught cheating he would be out on his ear never to be seen again. Claudine Gay will probably be hired by the Biden administration or maybe CBS. She will never go away.

She blames whitey for what she did. She was incompetent to begin with and in just 6 months she illuminated that Harvard does not produce the best and the brightest anymore. Far from it. And drove away many big money donors. If it was a white guy he would have got fired immediately. Claudine Gay stuck around a few months longer than she should have

[exitseven]

Thanks for the MHO😎

[purplepoppy]

If you look at anyone who publishes you'll find referencing errors it doesn't mean it was a deliberate attempt to plagerise. I think her academic record is a bit thin for her position and she probably got the post by knowing how to sell herself rather than ability but again that seems the norm these days. Truth is if she wasn't a black female then they wouldn't have hounded her.

[On_cloud_wine]

They teach us at a very young age that if we do plagiarize, to “quote” the person’s name. Quite simple

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Yes, I don't see it being a problem.

[BoopBoopBeep]

If I'd plagiarized, I'd have been before an academic review board and kicked out. Seems about right that they have the same standards.

[slatyb]

She isn't accused of plagiarizing. It was discovered that some of her work had been copied from others.

[msc545]

Okay well that's sort of the definition of plagiarism.

[slatyb]

My pointing was that it's more than a mere accusation.

[msc545]

Copying something from another without attribution is the definition of plagiarism

[Astarlessnightsky]

If she is only accused, that means nothing is proven.

But i that doesn't matter when politics get involved

[Sasahara]

I think its not a problem and she deserved it.

[NathanDavis]

I don't see it as a problem

[Anonymous]

What’s the problem?