A watchdog group is demanding that an accrediting institution investigate Harvard University for its handling of plagiarism allegations against its former president Claudine Gay, a move that could determine whether the Ivy League school continues to receive hundreds of millions in funding. federal officials, The Post has learned.
The American Council of Trustees and Alumni, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., sent a formal complaint this week to the New England Commission on Higher Education, a group that has been accrediting colleges for the Department of Education since its foundation in 1885. .
According to the complaint, Harvard’s compliance with NECHE standards is necessary to remain eligible to receive funds under federal student loan programs.
The 12-page complaint alleges that the Harvard Corporation, the school’s governing body, “appears to have deliberately and persistently operated outside of established Harvard procedures” in the case of Gay, who resigned as president of the university amid her disastrous testimony before Congress on anti-Semitism. and accusations of plagiarism earlier this month.
Harvard’s policy on reports of academic misconduct requires that any allegations be reported to school authorities immediately and “strictly prohibits retaliation against complainants,” according to the complaint.
An education watchdog group has filed a complaint against former Harvard President Claudine Gay. David McGlynn
The Post was the first to approach Harvard last year about Gay’s alleged plagiarism.
A lawyer for the school said the allegations were “demonstrably false” weeks before the board of trustees investigated Gay.
The lawyer threatened the Post with a lawsuit.
ACTA says the Harvard Corporation conducted an “irregular” and “opaque” investigation into its former president that deviated from its own internal rules on allegations of research misconduct and from standards set by NECHE.
The American Council of Trustees and Alumni has filed a complaint with the New England Commission on Higher Education over the Harvard Corporation’s “opaque” handling of complaints against its former president. CJ GUNTHER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
“The Harvard Corporation and the former president appear to have established as a matter of public precedent that they can arbitrarily override and circumvent established and faculty-approved policies and procedures governing allegations of research misconduct,” the complaint says. “Harvard appears to have shown the world that its board of directors can improvise and change research procedures, even from one week to the next.”
ACTA said a copy of its complaint was sent to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, as well as Penny Pritzker, the ranking member of the Harvard Corporation.
A Harvard spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment.
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