Congress Widens Probe of Harvard President to Plagiarism Accusations
- Harvard cleared Gay of allegations, kept her in post last week
- GOP-led panel asks if school treats faculty, students equally
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A US House of Representatives committee has opened an inquiry into Harvard University’s handling of allegations of plagiarism against President Claudine Gay, who sat before the panel this month to address antisemitism on campus.
Republican Virginia Foxx, chair of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, sent a four-page letter Wednesday to Penny Pritzker, head of the school’s governing board, asking for a response by Dec. 29 to questions including whether Harvard holds faculty and students to the same standards.