Harvard experiences huge drop in early admission applications

[Mick1]

Harvard had a 17% drop in early admissions with 7,291 candidates as opposed to last year’s 9,553 candidates.

Yale had a 1.4% increase, UPenn had a 6.25% increase. Princeton had a slight 1.2% drop in early admissions requests.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12872139/Harvard-admission-applications-drop-scandals.html

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[Mick1]

Since Gay has become Dean at Harvard, 27 students have been dismissed from Harvard because of “academic dishonesty” (generally plagiarism).

Claudine Gay’s way with words

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[Mick1]

I recall the discussion around Marc Tessier-Levigne and remaining in place at Stanford…that he had to be absolutely above reproach.

Here’s more evidence of plagiarism by Dr. Gay.

Harvard Finds More Instances of ‘Duplicative Language’ in President’s Work

Noted lefty Jake Tapper questioning the double standard:

New Plagiarism Charges Surface Against Harvard’s President Prompting CNN’s Tapper to Question School’s ‘Double Standards’

And now, we’re finally getting serious: the House Education Committee will expand its investigation into Dr. Gay. Formerly, it was on the genocide calls for Jewish people, and whether it would be considered harassment. Now, it is including the plagiarism scandal, specifically as to whether Hahvahd has a different standard for faculty as it does for students:

House committee to investigate allegations of plagiarism against Harvard president

 

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[Mick1]

40 new allegations against Dr. Gay:

Harvard president facing 40 new allegations of plagiarism

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[Neodymium60]

Is it possible that Dr Gay did not know she was plagiarising?   That she did not even understand the meaning of the word?   If not, then she doesn’t care nor does Harvard’s Board.  They are all complicit.  In  a normal world, she would walk away in shame.  These are not normal times.

[Beeg_Dawg]

“Our concern is that standards are not being applied consistently, resulting in different rules for different members of the academic community,” she (Foxx) wrote. “If a university is willing to look the other way and not hold faculty accountable for engaging in academically dishonest behavior, it cheapens its mission and the value of its education.”

Ok, help me out with this. Other than obvious political grandstanding, WTF does Congress care about plagiarism? Congress has abdicated its roll as the legislative branch and is now ground zero for  meaningless inquiries .

[rjnwmill]

BD:  “Ok, help me out with this. Other than obvious political grandstanding, WTF does Congress care about plagiarism? Congress has abdicated its roll as the legislative branch and is now ground zero for  meaningless inquiries .”

Right you are. Why do your job, why make decisions with clearly stated and measurable objectives?

Why limit your political upside with statements like, “Let’s end homelessness in San Francisco over the next ten years.”

Here's a toast with one last pour, may it last forever and a minute more;
Good fortune seems to you have sung, to live and love way past long

[Cornfed]

All of our many problems are unaddressed and both parties #1 goal is to block their opposition.  It seems like this is a truly problematic flaw in our system of government.  It would be a feature, and not a bug, if the pols didn’t keep finding ways to spend ungodly amounts on meaningless or totally partisan projects.  Unfortunately, while they are accomplishing nothing, they are running up our debt.  This cannot continue.

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