Probe Shows Former Harvard President Plagiarized, University Tells Congress

An independent review of former Harvard University President Claudine Gay’s work substantiated that plagiarism occurred, according to a new summary of the review from the university. In nine instances, Ms. Gay “paraphrased or reproduced the language of others without quotation marks and without sufficient and clear crediting of sources,” the reviewers stated, according to the university summary. In one case, Ms. Gay included “duplicative language” that “could be read as Gay claiming findings that are actually those of” another scholar, the reviewers said. The reviewers focused on the definition of plagiarism in a Harvard University guide titled “Avoiding Plagiarism.” The document says that “when you fail to cite your sources, or when you cite them inadequately, you are plagiarizing.”...