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Acclaimed black scholar accusing Claudine Gay of plagiarism sics lawyers on Harvard board, demands ‘remedies’ school will make in wake of scandal

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Acclaimed African-American scholar Carol Swain who accused Harvard’s outgoing president Claudine Gay of ripping off her work is demanding the university board to clarify what they consider plagiari…

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  1. Embattled Harvard president Claudine Gay faces fresh calls to step down after 6 new plagiarism charges arise, bringing total number to over two dozen

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  2. BBC deletes X post claiming ex-Harvard president Claudine Gay was ‘casualty of campus culture wars’

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    Acclaimed black scholar accusing Claudine Gay of plagiarism sics lawyers on Harvard board, demands ‘remedies’ school will make in wake of scandal

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  1. The Daily Caller

    Harvard President Claudine Gay Faces Six New Plagiarism Charges (opens The Daily Caller)

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    Harvard University President Claudine Gay was slammed with six new plagiarism charges Monday, according to a complaint obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.

  2. New York Post

    Embattled Harvard president Claudine Gay faces fresh calls to step down after 6 new plagiarism charges arise, bringing total number to over two dozen (opens New York Post)

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    Embattled Harvard president Claudine Gay has been hit with six new plagiarism charges, bringing the total number of allegations against her to well over two dozen — and sparking fresh calls for a n…

  3. Townhall

  4. Fox News

    Harvard President Claudine Gay faces six new plagiarism charges: Report (opens Fox News)

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    Harvard President Claudine Gay is facing six new plagiarism charges amid an ongoing academic scandal and increasing calls for her resignation.

  5. RedState

  6. The Washington Free Beacon

    Harvard President Claudine Gay Hit With Six New Charges Of Plagiarism (opens The Washington Free Beacon)

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    Harvard University president Claudine Gay was hit with six additional allegations of plagiarism on Monday in a complaint filed with the university, breathing fresh life into a scandal that has embroiled her nascent presidency and pushing the total number of allegations near 50.

  7. New York Post

    The Harvard kids are all right: Claudine Gay’s plagiarism means she must go (opens New York Post)

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    It’s time we listen to the children: Gay. Must. Go.

  8. New York Times

  9. Legal Insurrection

    Harvard President Claudine Gay Starts New Year With Six New Plagiarism Allegations (opens Legal Insurrection)

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    A different Gay publication appears in the allegations: "The Effect of Minority Districts and Minority Representation on Political Participation in California."

  10. Wall Street Journal

    Opinion | Claudine Gay and Harvard’s Embarrassment (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    What’s worse is that her research was freshman-level.

  11. New York Post

    BBC deletes X post claiming ex-Harvard president Claudine Gay was ‘casualty of campus culture wars’ (opens New York Post)

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    The post neglected to mention the fact that Gay quit after several instances of alleged plagiarism in her doctoral dissertation from the late 1990s surfaced.

  12. Los Angeles Times

    Plagiarism charges downed Harvard’s president. A conservative attack fanned the outrage (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    The campaign against Claudine Gay is part of right-wing efforts to remake higher education, with Republicans trying to gut public funding and limit how race and gender are discussed.

  13. New York Post

    Acclaimed black scholar accusing Claudine Gay of plagiarism sics lawyers on Harvard board, demands ‘remedies’ school will make in wake of scandal (opens New York Post)

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    Acclaimed African-American scholar Carol Swain who accused Harvard’s outgoing president Claudine Gay of ripping off her work is demanding the university board to clarify what they consider plagiari…

  14. New York Post

    Outgoing Harvard president Claudine Gay accused of ‘lying’ about ‘promptly requesting corrections’ to plagiarized works (opens New York Post)

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    One of the first people to highlight widespread plagiarism by now-ousted Harvard president Claudine Gay has bluntly accused her of “lying” by claiming she “promptly requested corr…

  15. The Washington Free Beacon

    A Response to Claudine Gay (opens The Washington Free Beacon)

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    Claudine Gay should have stuck to plagiarism. Her mind-numbing academic prose may have been lifted from her colleagues, but at least it didn’t gaslight the public in a self-serving—dare we say, bad faith—attempt to salvage her career and her reputation at the expense of the truth.

  16. The Daily Caller

    Claudine Gay Seems To Rewrite History On Harvard’s Handling Of Plagiarism Accusations In NYT Op-Ed (opens The Daily Caller)

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    Harvard President Claudine Gay wrote an Op-Ed Wednesday that offered up a defense of her plagiarism allegations

  17. Washington Examiner

    I asked one of Claudine Gay’s defenders what would happen if her student plagiarized (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Former Harvard President Claudine Gay’s resignation caused quite an uproar on social media among many left-wing acolytes. These people, who often consider themselves enlightened, espouse such things as diversity, tolerance, and inclusion. Yet they are among the most exclusive, intolerant, and…

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