Harvard University has been granted an extension of time to respond to a U.S. House of Representatives committee probing the plagiarism carried out by the school’s president.
The House Education Committee had asked Harvard to provide answers about the plagiarism scandal by Dec. 29.
But that deadline has been pushed back, a spokesperson for the panel told news outlets.
“Given the holidays and office closures, we are working with Harvard on a prompt production of documents that takes that into account,” the spokesperson said.
Harvard has not responded to requests for comment on the scandal.
Harvard President Claudine Gay plagiarized in her dissertation and other papers, the university has acknowledged, citing in part what it described as an independent review of a portion of Ms. Gay’s work….
