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high_derivative | 2 years ago

Unfortunately, nothing will change until the system that produced this changes too. No doubt she will retain her tenured position.

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JumpCrisscross|2 years ago

> nothing will change until the system that produced this changes

Students chanting “from the river to the sea” while cheering on a terrorist attack may be the shark jump that prompts a systemic change. (Note: there is a huge difference between advocating for Palestinians and supporting Hamas. There is a huger one between supporting Hamas and supporting the October 7th attacks.)

insickness|2 years ago

I don't support censoring anything students say, no matter how objectionable. Someone will always find something objectionable.

matthewdgreen|2 years ago

As she should.

dekhn|2 years ago

Plagiarists- which Claudine Gay is- should lose their tenure, because their tenure was predicated on them being legitimate scholars, and plagiarists are not legitimate scholars.

It was established that she has a skimpy record, and nearly every one of those contains near-duplication of text without attribution. How could you ever trust an academic after it was exposed that they did that (intentionally)?

It's hard to be an academic but not plagiarizing is rule #1 or #2.

high_derivative|2 years ago

It's quite apparent from everything that has come to light that she got tenured for the same reason she got to be Harvard president. Merit was not one of the reasons.

JumpCrisscross|2 years ago

> she should

Why? What work has she done to deserve tenure?