Embattled former Harvard President Claudine Gay could retain a nearly $900,000 salary as she returns to "scholarship" on Harvard's faculty amid an unresolved plagiarism scandal.
Gay's return to the elite private school's rank and file was announced in two Tuesday letters to the Harvard community from both Gay and the Harvard Corporation.
The university delivered a full defense of Gay and did not address any of the most recent plagiarism allegations as it announced her resignation and new role on the faculty.
Some critics said the school's decision to allow her to return unscathed to the faculty is part of the diversity, equity, and inclusion framework Harvard has embraced.
