Posted 1/4/2024, 9:00:55 AM
Obama Lobbied to Save Harvard President After Controversy, But She Steps Down
- Obama reportedly lobbied behind the scenes to try to save Harvard President Claudine Gay's job after her congressional testimony about campus antisemitism
- Gay has resigned as Harvard President after less than a year, though she will remain on faculty
- Gay faced widespread criticism over struggling to condemn antisemitism in congressional testimony and over nearly 50 plagiarism allegations
- The article states that Obama's push to save Gay's job was unsuccessful
- Critics are calling Gay's resignation a "reckoning" but neither her resignation letter nor Harvard apologized for failing to protect Jewish students