Harvard Chief’s Abrupt Exit Exposes Decade-Spanning Rifts
- School to search for new leader as Gay’s tenure cut short
- Rifts dividing students, faculty and donors have widened
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Harvard University faces increasing pressure to resolve one of the most fractious chapters in its history after the ouster of President Claudine Gay.
The school’s first Black leader resigned Tuesday after just six months — a historic elevation cut short by allegations of plagiarism and anger over her handling of antisemitism on campus in the aftermath of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel.