Harvard Admits ‘Duplicative Language’ Found in Work of University’s President

Published on December 21, 2023

Harvard University President Claudine Gay used “duplicative language” in her dissertation for a Ph.D., the school said this week. Ms. Gay, 53, is requesting corrections to the dissertation, which was done in 1997, according to the Harvard Corporation. Two of the corrections concern “duplicative language without appropriate attribution,” the corporation, a governing board that includes Ms. Gay, said in a statement to news outlets. “President Gay will update her dissertation correcting these instances of inadequate citation,” it added. The university learned of allegations in October about three articles Ms. Gay wrote and launched an independent review that revealed multiple instances of “inadequate citation,” the corporation said previously, on Dec. 12....

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