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Harvard’s next interim president, Derek C. Bok, who oversaw the implementation of the current Core Curriculum during his first term as the University’s chief, said in an e-mail Friday that he will not impose his ideas for the curricular review on the Faculty...
...learned the weekend before last that he would be serving as interim president, wrote that he has “simply not had time enough to speak intelligently about curricular reform at Harvard...
Kirby’s legacy may be marred by a halting curricular review, fiscal struggles, and an inability to provide meaningful leadership to FAS, but it is more likely—for better or worse—that he will once again be viewed only in the context of Summers. In the end, this could be a case of ironic justice: the legacy of the man always in Summers’ shadow will be defined by his own ouster, the final nail in Summers’ coffin...
...experience less positively than the students at almost all of our peer institutions. Summers led the charge to revamp the curriculum and improve the quality of undergraduate life. He wanted to hold faculty accountable for their teaching. Some faculty faulted him for playing too central a role in the curricular review, and some faculty resented being told (fairly or unfairly) that they weren’t living up to Summers’ standards. Whatever the case, most students felt that Summers had their interests at heart and was working intensely to make Harvard better for them...
...role just begins to touch the core reasons that students supported Summers: he was passionately interested in their ideas and their experiences. He didn’t listen politely and then move on to the next student in line. Instead, he argued with students about every conceivable topic, from curricular reform to the ethics of stem cell research to the war in Iraq. Summers showed up at undergraduate events, and he meaningfully talked with students. He asked tough questions and then listened to thoughtful answers. He forced students into real conversations, short on platitudes and long on substance. Occasionally...