The Curious Case of Claudine Gay
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There's a documentary on YouTube about the allegations against Fryer. They are total garbage.
@Horace said in The Curious Case of Claudine Gay:
Fryer
Personal life
Fryer is married to Franziska Michor, a professor of biology at Harvard. They met in 2006, as members of the Harvard Society of Fellows. He "...courted her by betting a dinner date on whether he could find evidence that smoking reduces cancer..."[35] He has performed stand-up comedy at The Elbow Room, in West Hartford, Connecticut, inside of their basement comedy club "Stand-Up Underground."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_G._Fryer_Jr.
He courted her by betting a dinner date on whether he could find evidence that smoking reduces cancer; to her dismay, he sent her a report from the tobacco lobby.
https://www.ft.com/content/89b97964-b88a-11e5-b151-8e15c9a029fb
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What would be her legal grounds? It's obvious she plagiarized and broke Harvard's code.
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@Jolly said in The Curious Case of Claudine Gay:
What would be her legal grounds? It's obvious she plagiarized and broke Harvard's code.
I would think it's going to be a heavy (legal) lift to fire her. AFAIK, she broke no professional rules of conduct. Though weasel-ey, her testimony before Congress was not, IMO, reason for dismissal.
As far as the plagiarism allegations, she can, and probably will, claim that Harvard did its due diligence in appointing her. The fact that it's just now coming to light is Harvard's fault, not hers.
"Yeah, officer, you claim I ran that red light about 5 years ago, but you didn't catch me. So, I shouldn't get a ticket NOW."
Smart thing would be for Harvard to just pay her off and be done with it. SHe's lost a lot of credibility, and has almost become, for now, a household name. In the worst way, of course.
Gonna need some popcorn, to be sure.
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But for academe, isn't plagiarism akin to lying on a job application?
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She'll be gone when she gets her $$$ and makes it seem like she's leaving for the good of the university. Needs some more time BSing the students and faculty. Just my guess. I'm betting a quarter it's 3 months or less. A few more alumni pull the big dollars, and it's one month.
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Show us on this doll where she touched you, Horace…
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She'll be gone when she gets her $$$ and makes it seem like she's leaving for the good of the university. Needs some more time BSing the students and faculty. Just my guess. I'm betting a quarter it's 3 months or less. A few more alumni pull the big dollars, and it's one month.
@Rainman said in The Curious Case of Claudine Gay:
She'll be gone when she gets her $$$ and makes it seem like she's leaving for the good of the university. Needs some more time BSing the students and faculty. Just my guess. I'm betting a quarter it's 3 months or less. A few more alumni pull the big dollars, and it's one month.
I think it’s the opposite. When boards want a problem to go away, they’ll throw money at it. Especially with a gazillion dollar endowment.
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From the Harvard Crimson - Dissent: For Harvard’s Sake, It’s Time to Let Gay Go
University President Claudine Gay should resign.
It has been less than half a year since Gay assumed one of the most prestigious posts in all of academia. Since then, scandal after scandal has plagued our beloved university.
The president of Harvard must be a formidable leader, capable of managing thousands of the brightest minds on the planet, a widely revered international brand, and a multi-billion-dollar bureaucratic behemoth. Further, by way of its field-leading eminences, Harvard exerts influence — and encounters controversy — at the highest levels of politics and policymaking, which often presents challenges for its leader and public face.
In other words, Harvard’s presidency is no mere empty honor; it is a deeply challenging managerial job with deeply challenging duties, not least of which is navigating national outcry.
In each of these respects, Gay has failed. The Harvard Corporation must find a leader who can do better.
More at the link.
From the RWEC:
These are two of the Crimson’s editorial board members, who are apparently in the minority about Gay’s status. The fact that anyone at Harvard is still left defending this scholastic and administrative failure is a clear sign that identity has fully trumped individual worth and achievement at this university and the other Poison Ivies. It’s not just the honor code that’s become a farce.
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I wonder how much truth there is to Obama stepping up to support her, and I wonder how much clout he has.
I would google it, but I don't really want to google "obama gay".
Education is extremely important.
