{"id":50117,"date":"2024-01-10T16:09:18","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T16:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-could-obama-be-harvards-next-president"},"modified":"2024-01-10T16:29:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T16:29:32","slug":"liberia-could-obama-be-harvards-next-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-could-obama-be-harvards-next-president","title":{"rendered":"Liberia: Could Obama Be Harvard\u2019s Next President?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>Former President of the United States of America, Barack Obama,<\/b> is among a list of names touted to replace Claudine Gay as president of the prestigious Harvard University, MailOnline, a UK-based publication reported on Tuesday, January 9.<\/p>\n

The outlet said that Obama has been touted as a contender for the next president of Harvard after the resignation by Gay due to an anti-Semitism and plagiarism scandal.<\/p>\n

The former U.S. President, who graduated from Harvard Law School in 1991, may be a candidate for the position \u2014 and he wouldn\u2019t be the first ex-POTUS to take charge of an elite college.<\/p>\n

Alan M. Garber is currently the interim president of Harvard, but the institution is understood to still be weighing its options for a permanent replacement for Gay.<\/p>\n

Harvard University \u2014 which has not named any candidates yet \u2014 said the search for a new leader who \u201cwill include broad engagement and consultation with the Harvard community in the time ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n

Discussions over who should take over Gay have swirled on social media, with names such as Deval Patrick, Danielle Allen, and Barack Obama popping up, according to the Boston Globe.<\/p>\n

Harvard University \u2014 who has not named any candidates yet – said the search for a new leader ‘will include broad engagement and consultation with the Harvard community in the time ahead.’ Pictured: Claudine Gay, former Harvard president Robert Putnam, professor emeritus of public policy at Harvard, told the Globe: \u201cThere ought to be somebody who has a track record. We\u2019re not going to be guessing whether they\u2019re going to be good or not; we know they\u2019re good.<\/p>\n

He said it would be \u201chighly desirable that the person be either a person of color, or a woman, or even better, both.\u201d<\/p>\n

Putnam, who knows Barack, told the Globe that he doubts Obama would take the job of Harvard President.<\/p>\n

Larry Ladd, senior consultant with the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, told the Globe: ‘It will be harder to build a pool of women and people of color for that role given what happened to Claudine Gay.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe president of Harvard is a symbol as much as anything else. It\u2019s a very symbolic role.\u201d<\/p>\n

The idea of one of the Obamas \u2014 either Barack or Michelle \u2014 taking over from Gay has swirled on social media since the news of her resignation earlier this month.<\/p>\n

Obama graduated from Columbia University as a political science major and then went on to enroll at Harvard Law School in 1988. He was the first black editor of the Harvard Law Review.<\/p>\n

Barack Obama was also allegedly lobbying to keep Gay in her position, despite the pressure she was facing after the disastrous congressional hearing on Harvard\u2019s antisemitism and her plagiarism accusations.<\/p>\n

One person wrote on social media: \u201cMichelle Obama should be the next president of Harvard University. Obama graduated from Princeton and Harvard Law School. She is the best person to serve as Harvard president.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another added: \u201cI\u2019d like to nominate President Obama as the new President of Harvard. He’d be perfect.\u201d The former president\u2019s representatives were contacted for comment, the Dailymail said.<\/p>\n

Obama would not be the first former president to lead an academic institution. A total of nine former US presidents were chancellors, presidents, and rectors at some of the country\u2019s most elite colleges before and after their POTUS position.<\/p>\n

George Washington, the first US president, became the Chancellor of the College of William and Mary following his tenure.<\/p>\n

Thomas Jefferson was made the rector of the University of Virginia in 1819, making him one of the founding members of the prestigious school. Former president James Madison was also given the position of rector at UVA, following Jefferson’s lead.<\/p>\n

John Tyler, the tenth President of the United States, took a leaf out of George Washington\u2019s book and became the chancellor of the College of William and Mary. He was the school’s chancellor from 1859 until he died in 1862. Former president Millard Fillmore founded and became the chancellor of the University at Buffalo \u2014 SUNY in 1846.<\/p>\n

James Buchanan was made the President of the Board of Trustees at Franklin and Marshall College \u2014 a position he served in until 1865.<\/p>\n

James Garfield was also the President of Hiram College until the Civil War.<\/p>\n

Woodrow Wilson, the 28th US President, became the President of Princeton University before he won the election in 1912.<\/p>\n

Dwight Eisenhower was the President of Columbia University in New York City from 1948 to 1953, before becoming the 34th President of the US.<\/p>\n

Source: Liberian Observer<\/b><\/p>\n

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