Gov. Maura Healey stated Tuesday she is “disappointed” that former Harvard President Claudine Gay stepped down from her place after accusations of plagiarism and “lawyerly” feedback on antisemitism on the Cambridge establishment.
Every week after Gay resigned from the highest spot on the college, Healey stated Gay, former University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill, and MIT President Sally Kornbluth “rightly apologized” for feedback they made at a Congressional listening to on how their establishments would reply to cases of antisemitism on campuses.
“Well, I was disappointed to see (Gay) step down. I was disappointed in the process. I was disappointed in the whole way all of this unfolded,” Healey stated on GBH’s Boston Public Radio.
But the trio’s remarks, Healey stated, “missed the moment in terms of where we need to be.”
“Because it’s absolutely clear, we need to denounce genocide and denounce antisemitism and denounce Islamophobia. And we need to make sure that students are safe on campus,” Healey stated
There is a “systematic effort right now by some on the far right” to go after greater training, Healey stated. And as for Gay, Healey stated she thought the previous Harvard president addressed plagiarism issues.
“I thought she could continue to lead the university,” Healey stated.
In a observe to the Harvard group despatched final week, Gay stated stepping down six months into her tenure as president was not a call she got here to simply.
“After consultation with members of the Corporation, it has become clear that it is in the best interests of Harvard for me to resign so that our community can navigate this moment of extraordinary challenge with a focus on the institution rather than any individual,” she wrote within the letter.
Gay remains to be employed at Harvard University due to her tenured standing.
Materials from the Associated Press have been used on this report.
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