As we all know by now, Harvard’s President Claudine Gay the first black woman head of the University, resigned on Tuesday (her letter of resignation, here, is also reproduced below the fold). Gay will be replaced temporarily by economist and physician Alan Garber, Harvard’s provost and chief academic officer. As for Gay, she will return to her position as tenured professor of government and African and African American studies. Cheating upwards, Gay returns to low-output low-impact scholarship, soothed by a $900,000/year salary.https://t.co/cTafPDhChy — i/o (@eyeslasho) January 3, 2024The New York Times allowed Dr. Gay begins with a combination of self-pity, virtue-flaunting, and deflecting the blame for her resignation onto others.

Source: New York Times January 05, 2024 08:25 UTC