....But President Gay’s pattern of mistakes is serious, and the Harvard Corporation should not minimize these allegations of plagiarism, as it has readily done.

In a Dec. 12 University-wide letter, the Corporation described the alleged plagiarism as “a few instances of inadequate citation.” The letter lauded President Gay for “proactively” correcting her articles by inserting citations and quotation marks.

By definition, Gay’s corrections were not proactive but reactive — she only made them after she was caught. And that the Corporation considers her corrections an adequate response is not fair to undergraduates, who cannot simply submit corrections to avoid penalties.....

Alumnus Obama personally lobbied the Harvard Corporation (AKA Board of Visitors) to keep President Gay:
https://nypost.com/2023/12/22/news/obama-pushed-harvard-to-keep-embattled-claudine-gay-report/
The DEI people have picked their hill to die on.