By Daniel Greenfield

A serial plagiarist may not be good enough to be president of Harvard but can still hold an academic position.

The rule of thumb for scandals is that you can wait them out unless there are criminal charges involved or the scandal is so extensive that new stuff will keep dropping all the time. That’s what was happening with Harvard President Claudine Gay. As more instances of plagiarism kept popping up, Harvard was facing an extended reputational disaster with no end in sight and possible legal exposure if a student punished for plagiarism were to sue over double standards. But instead of dumping her, Harvard allowed her to resign, for the usual reason of avoiding further distractions, while retaining an academic post and her $900,000 salary.

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