Harvard

[Jimmy Higgins]

Harvard is the gift that keeps on giving...

Harvard Revokes Tenure From Francesca Gino, Business School Professor Accused of Data Fraud

Harvard revoked tenure from Francesca Gino, the Harvard Business School professor who has been fighting data fraud allegations for nearly four years, and ended her employment at the University last week, a Harvard spokesperson confirmed.

The move concluded Gino’s two-year battle to keep her position at the school — and marked a historic penalty for a faculty member at Harvard, where no professor is known to have lost their tenure since at least the 1940s, when rules for the academic protection were formalized.

Gino, a behavioral scientist who became famous for studying honesty and ethical behavior, was accused of manipulating observations to better support her conclusions. Before her work came under scrutiny, she was a prominent researcher in her field and the fifth-highest paid employee at Harvard in 2018 and 2019, receiving more than $1 million in compensation each year.

WTF, Harvard? Your president, Claudine Gay resigns due to plagarism, your campus reeks of racism...

Reeks of racism? What, because the campus isn't 75% Asian?

Actually, I was thinking more about the incidents cited in my earlier post (#31).

“Some students reported being pushed by their peers to the periphery of campus life because of who they are or what they believe,” Garber wrote. He apologized for the times when the University “failed to meet the high expectations we rightfully set for our community.”

Jewish and Israeli students told task force members that they experienced social shunning and hostility from peers who blamed them for the Israeli government’s actions. Some said peers would refuse to talk with them because they came from “a genocidal country” or attend social gatherings where Israeli students were present. Several reported dropping classes they felt were one-sidedly anti-Israel.

Muslim students, meanwhile, said their peers lost jobs over their involvement in Muslim faith organizations and faced verbal and physical abuse on campus. Palestinian students said they found navigating daily life challenging and isolating with the ongoing war in Gaza — a feeling only exacerbated by a perceived lack of empathy from administrators, faculty, and staff.

In one account, a Muslim student said an individual poured alcohol over their Palestinian friend as he was standing outside of his dorm wearing a keffiyeh, a traditional garment often worn for pro-Palestine advocacy. Another anonymous student recounted being called a “terrorist,” “baby-killer,” “towelhead,” and “antisemite” during their freshman year because of their decision to wear a keffiyeh.

You said "reeks of racism". You cited limited, though unacceptable, things that occurred. "Reeks" implies it is everywhere.

But thanks for the reminder about Asian discrimination in admissions.

Yup. If the entire school isn't Asian...

 

[ZiprHead]

Harvard is the gift that keeps on giving...

Harvard Revokes Tenure From Francesca Gino, Business School Professor Accused of Data Fraud

Harvard revoked tenure from Francesca Gino, the Harvard Business School professor who has been fighting data fraud allegations for nearly four years, and ended her employment at the University last week, a Harvard spokesperson confirmed.

The move concluded Gino’s two-year battle to keep her position at the school — and marked a historic penalty for a faculty member at Harvard, where no professor is known to have lost their tenure since at least the 1940s, when rules for the academic protection were formalized.

Gino, a behavioral scientist who became famous for studying honesty and ethical behavior, was accused of manipulating observations to better support her conclusions. Before her work came under scrutiny, she was a prominent researcher in her field and the fifth-highest paid employee at Harvard in 2018 and 2019, receiving more than $1 million in compensation each year.

WTF, Harvard? Your president, Claudine Gay resigns due to plagarism, your campus reeks of racism...

Reeks of racism? What, because the campus isn't 75% Asian?

Trump said it so it must be true.

 

[Elixir]

Trump said it so it must be true.

There’s an AWFUL lot of that going around.
The sad fact is, most people lack the mental fitness and preparation necessary to get into Harvard or any other top school.

That’s why they’re “top schools”.

But that sad fact makes many people resentful, to the point that they denigrate the very things provided to them by the work of their academic superiors.
I’m a smart guy. So goddam smart that I KNOW I lack the mental fitness of a true academician if any ilk, whether they’re a mathematician, physicist, biologist, sociologist or fluid dynamic specialist.
My hat is off to ALL those really smart people whose smarts are so well organized that they can accomplish amazing things.

I wish that my peers in stupidity were at least smart enough to give them their due.

 

[ideologyhunter]

Well, I'll take my chances with Trump.
Consider: "I think nobody knows more about taxes than I do, maybe in the history of the world."
He also knows more than anybody about campaign finances, TV ratings, the courts, lawsuits, Isis, trade, renewables, debt, money, construction, technology, and drones. He knows more than the generals and the CPAs. And check this out: "I know how the world works."
Collitch? I aint had no collitch. I never been to collitch. We don't need no collitch. I don't have to show you any stinking collitch!!

 

[thebeave]

Harvard is the gift that keeps on giving...

Harvard Revokes Tenure From Francesca Gino, Business School Professor Accused of Data Fraud

Harvard revoked tenure from Francesca Gino, the Harvard Business School professor who has been fighting data fraud allegations for nearly four years, and ended her employment at the University last week, a Harvard spokesperson confirmed.

The move concluded Gino’s two-year battle to keep her position at the school — and marked a historic penalty for a faculty member at Harvard, where no professor is known to have lost their tenure since at least the 1940s, when rules for the academic protection were formalized.

Gino, a behavioral scientist who became famous for studying honesty and ethical behavior, was accused of manipulating observations to better support her conclusions. Before her work came under scrutiny, she was a prominent researcher in her field and the fifth-highest paid employee at Harvard in 2018 and 2019, receiving more than $1 million in compensation each year.

WTF, Harvard? Your president, Claudine Gay resigns due to plagarism, your campus reeks of racism...

Reeks of racism? What, because the campus isn't 75% Asian?

Actually, I was thinking more about the incidents cited in my earlier post (#31).

“Some students reported being pushed by their peers to the periphery of campus life because of who they are or what they believe,” Garber wrote. He apologized for the times when the University “failed to meet the high expectations we rightfully set for our community.”

Jewish and Israeli students told task force members that they experienced social shunning and hostility from peers who blamed them for the Israeli government’s actions. Some said peers would refuse to talk with them because they came from “a genocidal country” or attend social gatherings where Israeli students were present. Several reported dropping classes they felt were one-sidedly anti-Israel.

Muslim students, meanwhile, said their peers lost jobs over their involvement in Muslim faith organizations and faced verbal and physical abuse on campus. Palestinian students said they found navigating daily life challenging and isolating with the ongoing war in Gaza — a feeling only exacerbated by a perceived lack of empathy from administrators, faculty, and staff.

In one account, a Muslim student said an individual poured alcohol over their Palestinian friend as he was standing outside of his dorm wearing a keffiyeh, a traditional garment often worn for pro-Palestine advocacy. Another anonymous student recounted being called a “terrorist,” “baby-killer,” “towelhead,” and “antisemite” during their freshman year because of their decision to wear a keffiyeh.

You said "reeks of racism". You cited limited, though unacceptable, things that occurred. "Reeks" implies it is everywhere.

But thanks for the reminder about Asian discrimination in admissions.

Yup. If the entire school isn't Asian...

I was using the term "reeks" metaphorically, and I never claimed that my citation of those "limited things" was in any comprehensive. They were just examples. From the Harvard Crimson article I cited earlier:

Harvard’s twin task forces on combating bias toward Jewish, Israeli, Muslim, Arab, and Palestinian affiliates released their long-awaited reports on Tuesday afternoon — describing an atmosphere of fear and exclusion, as well as deep divisions over curricula, protests, and the scope of academic freedom.

The reports, each hundreds of pages long, urged Harvard to implement sweeping changes that would alter everything from the University’s oversight of programs and disciplinary processes to its academic programming and admissions policies.

Sure seems to me like they have a pretty pervasive, systemic problem with bigotry. Not just a handful of random, one-time incidents.

As far as an overabundance of Asians at Harvard, are you also troubled by the fact that 70% of the NBA is African American, when they're only about 13% of the population? Both are fine by me as long as there's no discrimination involved. But I suspect you have a different opinion.

 

[laughing dog]

Harvard University can take care of itself. Between its wealth, faculty, law school, prestige, donors and alumni, it is the epitome of an effective deep state.

Its successes against the federal government gov’t will embolden other institutions just as Columbia’s shameful cravenness demonstrated it ineffectiveness.

Meanwhile, the federal gov’t attacks on science will diminish the US’s advantage in scientific snd medical research.

 

[Politesse]

Harvard University can take care of itself. Between its wealth, faculty, law school, prestige, donors and alumni, it is the epitome of an effective deep state.

Things are looking more than a little bit dicey for them right now. I do not share your confidence that a positive outcome is inevitable.