Massachusetts Matters
After Magill’s ouster, Harvard and MIT’s presidents face renewed pressure
But unlike in Pennsylvania, leading Massachusetts Democrats aren’t giving Harvard’s Claudine Gay and MIT’s Sally Kornbluth votes of no confidence
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Claudine Gay, president of Harvard University and Liz Magill, president of University of Pennsylvania, testify before the House Education and Workforce Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building on December 05, 2023, in Washington, D.C.
Following Elizabeth Magill’s resignation as the president of the University of Pennsylvania, public attention is now focusing on Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which are facing calls to unseat their own presidents. But Harvard’s Claudine Gay and...