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Claudine Gay

Not all college presidents are keepers

Elizabeth Stice   |  January 8, 2024

When there are so many other scandals, some much worse, I am personally begging you: do not use up your ire on Claudine Gay.

Randall Balmer on the resignation of Claudine Gay at Harvard

John Fea   |  January 7, 2024

Here is the American religious historian‘s column at Valley News: In the late 1980s, while I was teaching at Columbia University, I received an urgent request to attend a meeting at Union Theological Seminary. I don’t recall everyone who was […]

Ben Sasse: “Harvard, Princeton, and Yale were originally founded as seminaries. They are seminaries once again.” 

John Fea   |  December 15, 2023

While I probably wouldn’t call early Harvard, Princeton, and Yale “seminaries,” I take Ben Sasse‘s point. As some of you recall, Sasse left the United States Senate earlier this year and became president of the University of Florida. Here is […]

Albert Mohler on the elite university presidents who testified before congress: “The moral rot starts at the top”

John Fea   |  December 10, 2023

I just want to make sure I get this straight. Albert Mohler, the president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary: Joined an amicus brief designed to limit his seminary liability for sexual abuse claims. Said he would support Doug Mastriano […]

University of Pennsylvania president Liz Magill resigns

John Fea   |  December 9, 2023

Here is CBS News: PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Liz Magill and Scott Bok, two top leaders at the University of Pennsylvania, resigned Saturday after days of criticism and pressure from donors, alumni and Jewish community members following Magill’s comments in a Congressional hearing on campus […]

Elise Stefanik “knows better”

John Fea   |  December 9, 2023

Jennifer Rubin of The Washington Post thinks New York congresswoman Elise Stefanik was “on target” in her grilling of three university presidents (Harvard, Penn, MIT) this week. But I found the first three sentences of Rubin’s piece the most telling: […]

The elite university presidents who testified before Congress are taking the heat

John Fea   |  December 8, 2023

I have yet to watch the presidents of Harvard, MIT, and Penn testify before Congress on the matter of campus antisemitism. But it does not look very good. This clip is pretty damning: The blowback has been strong and bipartisan. […]

Claudine Gay will be the 30th president of Harvard University

John Fea   |  December 15, 2022

Here is The Harvard Crimson: Claudine Gay will serve as the 30th president of Harvard University, becoming the first person of color to hold the school’s top post, the University announced Thursday, concluding a five-month search. Gay, the current dean […]