Harvard's Plagiarism Controversy: Boston Globe Demands Transparency

The Boston Globe has criticized Harvard University for its "confusing" response to allegations of plagiarism against President Claudine Gay. While an independent academic probe found "a few instances of inadequate citation" in Gay's writings, Harvard stated that there was no violation of research misconduct standards. However, the Globe argues that Harvard's own guidelines on plagiarism contradict this statement. The newspaper accuses Harvard of creating ambiguity about academic standards and calls for clarity on the issue. The plagiarism accusations come after Gay's controversial testimony on antisemitism, where she failed to give a clear answer on whether calls for genocide against Jews violated Harvard policy.