Congresswoman Elise Stefanik: Claudine Gay’s Departure From Presidency of Harvard Is ‘the Tip of the Iceberg’

‘This is the beginning of what I believe will be the greatest scandal of any college or university ever,’ Stefanik tells the Sun.

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The now former Harvard president, Claudine Gay, left, and the now former University of Pennsylvania president, Liz Magill, during a hearing of the House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill. AP/Mark Schiefelbein

The departure of Claudine Gay from her post as Harvard’s president marks “the tip of the iceberg” of a wider scandal rocking the university, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik tells the Sun, and the beginning of a series of tectonic changes soon to hit the nation’s oldest university.

Harvard’s provost and chief academic officer, Alan Garber, will serve as interim president until a new leader is appointed. Ms. Stefanik, a Republican representative of New York who grilled Ms. Gay during her Capitol Hill testimony last month, says that much of the damage to Harvard’s reputation has already been done. She is urging members of the university’s board to follow in Ms. Gay’s footsteps and step down. 

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