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McGurn notes that universities are more likely to engage in divestment activities—like the Harvard Corporation??€™s decision last year to divest from PetroChina...
...letter to Summers dated July 14, Harper cited his displeasure with Summers’ January comments on women and minorities, his 2002 spat with former Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74, and a disagreement with James R. Houghton ’56, the Corporation??€™s senior fellow, about Summers’ salary, among the reasons for his resignation...
Over the summer, Conrad K. Harper—a chivalrous dissenting voice on the Harvard Corporation??€”resigned. While we are glad that Harper found the courage to resign when his disagreements with the other members of the Corporation reached such a point that no common ground could be found, it is profoundly worrying that the Corporation may soon be swallowed up in a morass of groupthink...
...always worrying when a secretive, self-perpetuating body converges on a single viewpoint. This is not to challenge the Corporation??€™s secrecy or self-perpetuation; rather, it is to note that such insular conditions of operation, which impede external critique, make vigorous internal critique imperative. Especially now that University President Lawrence H. Summers has had a role in appointing the majority of the current members of the Corporation, each new member must be selected with an eye to shaking off the sluggish haze of groupthink that can so easily envelop and consume groups of people...
...individuals spoke only on the condition of anonymity because the search process is considered confidential, they said. Both of the sources said they were encouraged by Harvard’s decision and spoke to The Crimson in order to dispel concerns among faculty who have criticized the Corporation??€™s homogeneity...