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At Carlow University, administrators, faculty and staff no longer get raises at the start of the fiscal year. The university waits until enrollment numbers are finalized for the academic year, and if enough students showed up, doles them out. 
 

Miah Bressie, a high school senior from a small town in south-central Missouri, had barely heard of Washington University in St. Louis—let alone considered applying—until a student in the graduating class ahead of hers was accepted last fall. Nestled in the rolling hills of the Ozarks, Bressie’s blue-collar hometown, Houston, has a median income of $40,893 and a bachelor’s degree attainment rate of just 14.5 percent. So for Bressie and many of the other 70-some students in her graduating class, attending a selective, private institution like WashU was seen as out of reach. But then an admissions representative from WashU showed up at the Houston High School college fair last fall, and Bressie’s outlook changed.

Christine Gay, the first African American woman to lead Harvard University, has resigned following multiple claims of plagiarism and a heavily criticized appearance during a House Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing on antisemitism on campus in the wake of the Israeli-Hama conflict.
 
Gay joins M. Elizabeth Magill, the former president of the University of Pennsylvania who resigned December 9, 2023 under pressure for her answers during the same Congressional hearing.
 
Harvard Provost Alan Garber has been appointed interim president.
 
Below is a selection news stories, editorials and commentary on the resignation:
 
Debate Follows Harvard President’s Resignation Amid Plagiarism Claims and Criticism Over House Hearing
The Chronicle of Higher Education (January 3, 2024)
 
Harvard President Resigns Amid Controversy
Inside Higher Ed (January 3, 2024)
 
Harvard President Claudine Gay Resigns Amid Plagiarism Accusations
Higher Ed Dive (January 3, 2024)
 
Harvard President’s Resignation Highlights New Conservative Weapon Against Colleges: Plagiarism
Associated Press (January 3, 2024)
 
Harvard President Claudine Gay Resigns After Antisemitism Testimony, Plagiarism Claims
Boston Herald (January 3, 2024)
 
Elise Stefanik Cheers After Claudine Gay Resigns as Harvard President: ‘TWO DOWN’
Boston Herald (January 3, 2024)
 
Harvard University President Claudine Gay Resigns
The Boston Globe (January 3, 2024)
 
How a Proxy Fight Over Campus Politics Brought Down Harvard’s President – Analysis
The Boston Globe (January 3, 2024)
 
Penny Pritzker, Senior Fellow of Harvard Corporation, Faces Scrutiny After Claudine Gay’s Resignation as President
The Boston Globe (January 3, 2024)
 
Harvard President Resigns After Mounting Plagiarism Accusations
The New York Times (January 3, 2024)
 
Stefanik, Whose Aggressive Questioning of Gay Went Viral, Claimed Credit for Her Exit.
The New York Times (January 3, 2024)
 
Who Is Alan Garber, Harvard’s Interim President?
The New York Times (January 3, 2024)
 
Claudine Gay Is Out as President. Where Does Harvard Go From Here?
The Wall Street Journal (January 3, 2024)
 
Harvard President Resigns Amid Plagiarism Allegations, Testimony Backlash
The Washington Post (January 3, 2024)
 
Embattled Harvard President Claudine Gay Resigns Just Six Months Into Her Tenure
USA Today (January 3, 2024)
 
An Old-Fashioned Scandal Fells a New Harvard President
The Atlantic (January 3, 2024)
 
Harvard Governing Board, Activists Say Former President Was a Victim of Racism
Politico.com (January 3, 2024)
 
How the Right Toppled Harvard’s President
Politico Magazine.com (January 3, 2024)
 
Harvard's President Might Not Be the Last to Lose Her Job Over Plagiarism Claims, Thanks to the Power of AI
Business Insider.com (January 3, 2024)
 
 
After Claudine Gay’s Resignation, Harvard Needs to Take a Hard Look at Its Own Leadership – Editorial
The Boston Globe (January 3, 2024)
 
President Claudine Gay Falls at Harvard - Editorial
The Wall Street Journal (January 3, 2024)
 
Free Speech or Discrimination? Colleges Need Help Drawing the Line – Editorial
Los Angeles Times (January 3, 2024)
 
A Decade of Ideological Transformation Comes Undone - Commentary
The Chronicle of Higher Education (January 3, 2024)
 
What Does Claudine Gay’s Resignation Say About the State of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – Commentary
The Boston Globe (January 3, 2024)
 
Claudine Gay and the Limits of Social Engineering at Harvard - Commentary
The New York Times (January 3, 2024)
 
The New Campus Politics - Column
The New York Times (January 3, 2024)
 
Harvard’s Governance Dilemma – Column
The New York Times (January 3, 2024)
 

Mary E. Klotman, dean of the School of Medicine, and Michael Relf, interim dean of School of Nursing, Duke University (NC), write:  A bill under consideration in Congress would strip access to federally backed student loans for 3,400 Duke students, dealing a devastating blow to our ability to meet the growing workforce needs of North Carolina – particularly in healthcare. This is a state already dealing with workforce shortages that will only grow over time. By 2033, some estimates project a shortage of 21,000 registered nurses in our state, with additional shortages in areas such as physician assistants, physical therapists, nurse practitioners as well as family doctors.  Congress should not be preventing them from pursuing careers that will benefit all of us.

After criticism of a decision to update its anti-discrimination policy and open enrollment to some transgender applicants, a Catholic women's college in Indiana has announced that it will return to its previous admission policy. In a Dec. 21 letter, St. Mary's College in Notre Dame said it had viewed the update "as a reflection of our College's commitment to live our Catholic values as a loving and just community."