"Harvard President Faces Resignation Pressure Amidst Faculty Support and Controversy"

Over 570 faculty members at Harvard University have signed a petition urging school administrators not to succumb to political pressure to fire university president Claudine Gay. The petition was delivered to the Harvard Corporation, which holds the power to dismiss Gay. The pressure on Gay increased after University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill resigned. Gay, Magill, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Sally Kornbluth testified before a U.S. House committee about the rise of antisemitism on college campuses following the Israel-Hamas war. Some lawmakers have called for the removal of the university presidents, but faculty members argue that Gay has significant support within the university and should not be removed due to political reasons.