Three university presidents appeared before Congress in early December to address their institutions’ responses to antisemitism following the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. The three women leaders from Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who testified found themselves in a challenging position before Congress when during the testimonies, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) asked if calling for the genocide of Jews violated the schools’ codes of conduct.
While all three acknowledged the “abhorrent” nature of such calls, their prepared statements lacked a simple “yes,” leaving lawmakers, alumni, and donors dissatisfied. Hedge fund CEO Bill Ackman demanded their resignations, urging them to “resign in disgrace.”
A few days later, Penn president Liz Magill had resigned, followed by Harvard president Claudine Gay, three weeks later. MIT president Sally Kornbluth has yet to resign.
The movement to remove these female university leaders comes amidst a significant year for women’s leadership in higher education, with six out of eight Ivy League schools having female presidents before Magill’s resignation.
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TWO DOWN. @Harvard knows that this long overdue forced resignation of the antisemitic plagiarist president is just the beginning of what will be the greatest scandal of any college or university in history.https://t.co/ZJLxrHw1Zd
— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) January 2, 2024
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