Claudia Gay, the daughter of Haitian immigrants who joined Harvard as a professor in 2006, succeeds Lawrence Bacow as president of the prestigious, nearly 400-year-old Ivy League university. She will take over in July 2023. READ:
The US Supreme Court has agreed to consider a 2014 lawsuit claiming that Harvard violates the US Constitution and discriminates against Asian students by considering the race or ethnicity of applicants. Many legal experts believe the conservative-leaning top court will agree.
The university has also been criticised for so-called legacy admissions favouring children of alumni, big donors or athletes. “There is an urgency for Harvard to be engaged with the world and to bring bold, brave, pioneering thinking to our greatest challenges,” she said.
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