CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (NewsNation) – Contested President of Harvard University, Dr. Claudine Gay is now accused of plagiarism.

A political scientist claims that she did not receive any recognition during her doctoral studies. thesis that helped Gay earn first place in the Ivy League.

This comes right after the university board reiterated his support from Gay, who was there urged to resign about the statement on Capitol Hill in which she did not directly condemn anti-Semitism on campus.

Dr. Carol Swain, a political scientist and legal scholar, told NewsNation’s Leland Vittert on Tuesday night that Harvard is trying to protect Gay.

“There is no question that she committed plagiarism. “There are some Harvard faculty members who are trying to redefine the term plagiarism,” Swain said.

This all comes amid the anti-Semitic backlash that has caused chaos on college campuses.

Students at Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say tensions are running high on campuses as protests and demonstrations occur almost daily and school leaders are under pressure to resign.

Campuses across the country have become free speech battlegrounds.

“I would say the situation is pretty tense. “A lot of people are frustrated on both sides,” said MIT student Tamilore Fashae.

Anti-war, anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim sentiment has been at an all-time high since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7th.

“I would say everyone is probably a little stressed and nervous; But in stressful situations, the community comes together,” said Harvard University sophomore Ben Willhite.

A week ago, University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill, Gay and MIT President Sally Kornbluth sat under a bubble four-hour hearing in Congress on the topic of anti-Semitism on campus.

New York Rep. Elise Stefanik repeatedly asked those responsible whether calling for genocide against Jews violated their schools’ codes of conduct.

But all three of the president’s responses were met with public backlash because they came across as anti-Semitic. The three women faced calls for their immediate resignations from lawmakers and wealthy donors, who called the statement disgraceful and embarrassing.

Magill voluntarily tendered her resignation Saturday, while Harvard and MIT rallied behind Gay and Kornbluth.

Harvard’s top governing board announced Tuesday that members had voted unanimously to support Gay.

In a statement, the Harvard Corporation wrote: “Our extensive deliberations confirm our confidence that President Gay is the right leader to help our community heal and address the very serious societal problem we face.”

Nevertheless, Stefanik – a Harvard graduate – is determined to oust Gay.

“This is a moral failure of Harvard leadership and university leadership at the highest levels,” Stefanik said.

The students say that while presidents should have taken a more moral stand on anti-Semitism, it should not be a punishable offense.

“I think it was a challenging place and she responded well given the circumstances,” said MIT student Adam Gilbert-Diamond.

Gay apologized for her statement last week and says she will continue to work to combat anti-Semitism here on campus.