January 1st 2024.
As pressure mounts over Harvard University's handling of President Claudine Gay, Open Secrets has released data that reveals significant donations to leftist beneficiaries from the university during the 2024 election cycle.
Open Secrets disclosed that numerous Harvard employees, including professors, have contributed more than 100 donations, each amounting to over $1000, to various politicians since the election campaign began. Most of these donations went to Democratic politicians, except for three Republican candidates, two of whom were running against former President Donald Trump.
This news comes as Harvard remains under increased scrutiny following the House Committee's investigation into Gay. Gay, appointed in late 2022, has been facing backlash due to two scandals this past December. On December 5, she was interrogated on the congressional floor regarding anti-semitism on Harvard's campus. Her response, that "it can be, depending on the context," drew criticism from those who felt she did not express her stance strongly enough.
Gay later apologized for her answer, stating that she had become too busy debating policies instead of the issue at hand. On December 8, she wrote a statement on Harvard University's official X.com account, reaffirming that calls for violence or genocide against the Jewish community would never go unchallenged.
Not long after, Gay was accused of plagiarism on her dissertation and other journal articles featured on her resume, according to New York Magazine. Gay denied such allegations, claiming her scholarship adheres to the highest academic standards. The House Education Committee will be investigating the allegations, with Rep. Virginia Foxx suggesting the university may not be holding faculty accountable for such dishonest behavior.
With much controversy surrounding the Ivy League university, many are speculating Gay and Harvard's next move. In addition to calls for Gay's removal, Open Square's findings have sparked criticism from right-leaning politicians and constituents regarding the implications of donations. Jennifer Kabbany of the conservative news website The College Fix, who tracks political correctness on college campuses, expressed her concern. She claims that older, classically liberal individuals who supported free speech, academic freedom and intellectual diversity are retiring and being replaced with younger, more radical scholars who "use the classroom for activism and indoctrination rather than education."
As the 2024 election cycle approaches, Americans are looking to universities to determine the country's profile. With the data revealed by Open Secrets and the ongoing investigations, it remains to be seen how Harvard will respond.
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