Harvard professor Claudine Gay has returned to teaching and her reportedly nearly $900,000 annual salary after being forced to resign as president of the Ivy League school.
So much for consequences after Gay was hit with serious plagiarism accusations, which surfaced after she drew attention to herself with her response to campus antisemitism — according to the Associated Press, Gay was “unable to say unequivocally that calls on campus for the genocide of Jews would violate the school’s conduct policy.”
College Fix reported that Gay is slated to teach a graduate-level “Reading and Research” course this upcoming semester. The outlet said it asked Harvard’s media team for confirmation on Gay’s teaching schedule, what she plans to do the rest of 2024, and what she has been doing since resigning, but has yet to receive a response.
Outkick could not help but note that the story strikes as a parody.
“A woman outed for serial plagiarism – or ‘inadequate citations,’ the phrase that the school used to euphemize her misdeeds – will preside over a ‘research’ course that emphasizes proper attribution. How this is real-life and not a skit on “SNL” or a headline from the Babylon Bee is amusing,” the site observed.
Claudine Gay resigned as the president of Harvard University in January over charges of plagiarism.
The university assured her she would remain employed for a salary of around $900,000 a year as an administrator. Harvard announced Gay would assume the role of teaching a… pic.twitter.com/fHoe7twR1R
— OutKick (@Outkick) April 12, 2024
Here’s a quick sampling of responses to the story, as seen on X:
So no consequences then?
— Conservative News Feed (@C_N_F__on__X) April 12, 2024
Harvard is not a serious academic institution.
— JVH (@Irishroundtable) April 12, 2024
There will just be 5 minutes of class time in the semester/quater. The syllabus will say “copy/paste”. That’s all … that’s all the content. Ctrl C / ctrl V. Shade area in source, Copy, go to your document, Paste.
— Terry Byars (@trbyall) April 13, 2024
The ‘marginalized’ always land on their feet
— PK Dick MD (@HollowM38743396) April 13, 2024
In other words, Harvard gave her a position to teach Harvard students how to cheat.
— Steve (@sshill4) April 12, 2024
I’m sure any student would be treated the same. Well, maybe not a Jewish kid, but anyone else.
— Paul Mills (@Pwmizzle) April 13, 2024
And they say comedy has faltered
— The King of Wishful Thinking (@ShoweyShowShow) April 12, 2024
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