Harvard Crimson: Search Committee Did Not Vet Gay’s Scholarship Before Hiring

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By R. Cort Kirkwood (The New American)

On the heels of the latest revelation that another diversity officer at Harvard University plagiarized her doctoral thesis, the school now faces the unpleasant task of explaining why the search committee that hired former president Claudine Gay — forced to resign after her plagiarism was revealed — did not check her scholarship.

The latest blow to the university’s waning credibility appeared in the school newspaper, the Crimson.

The newspaper also reported that the school overlooked two more-highly qualified candidates, including the dean of Harvard’s law school.

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