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...agree with the main point of your Feb. 2 editorial of (“Wanted: Tough but Tactful Dean??), calling for the appointment of a “tough but tactful dean.” That constitutes a good description of Bill Kirby’s style, and it’s hard to imagine calling for the contrary. But I am more optimistic in my assessment of the fate of the curricular review. The debate and ultimate decisions on the review are the work of the faculty, not the administration. Many of the proposals, such...
...Faculty’s elected governing body asked professors yesterday to consider completely excluding University President Lawrence H. Summers from the search for a new dean??in what might be an even more direct challenge to Summers’ authority than last year’s no-confidence vote...
...announced he would step down at the end of the academic year, but the tension that cost Kirby his job was four years in the making.Even those with front-row seats to the divisions between Summers and Kirby differ in their portrayals of the factors that led to the dean??s resignation. Policy issues, ranging from the curricular review to Faculty finances to the central administration’s agenda to consolidate power over the University, sharpened tensions between the two. And Kirby’s silence in the face of his Faculty’s uprising last...
Kargère said he is “a little bit concerned” that students may feel that he is less approachable now that he is a daunting “residential dean?? rather than a “senior tutor...
...focus solely on finding a comforting yes-man. As a liaison between the president and the Faculty at large , the dean needs to forcefully represent the views of the Faculty and maintain a strong relationship with the president. And when policy disagreements arise between Summers and the new dean??as they surely will—the dean should not hesitate to firmly stand his or her ground. He or she must not be seen as a mere executor of the president’s wishes. Luckily, Summers’ reputation for favoring intelligent argument among his advisors means...