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Only last spring, Skocpol’s candidacy seemed promising when she rose to the top of Interim President Derek C. Bok’s list of potential candidates to lead Harvard’s flagship school, according to the sources. But when Bok floated Skocpol’s candidacy among faculty members and top administrators, he encountered strong resistance that forced him to reconsider, the individuals said...
Five years later, an investigation led by President Derek C. Bok—then in his first go at leading the University—found in favor of Skocpol's claim. She was offered tenure and returned to Harvard from the University of Chicago...
...sciences, Skocpol emerged as one of his most outspoken critics. Five months later, Skocpol was named to the top post at the graduate school, replacing anthropologist Peter T. Ellison, who resigned after persistent disputes with Summers. Skocpol is only the second woman to lead GSAS. Interim University President Derek C. Bok praised Skocpol’s work over the past two years.“Again and again, she has gone beyond the strict requirements of her position to make outstanding contributions to the quality of teaching and other important activities of the university,” Bok said...
...seems to indicate that the University is not interested in Adolphson’s field. “The message this decision sends to academia as a whole is that Harvard doesn’t value history before contact with the West,” Kurashige said. Interim President Derek C. Bok, whose office holds the final say on University tenure decisions, declined to comment yesterday on Adolphson’s case. Bok has said previously that publicly discussing tenure decisions would be “unpleasant” for the candidate and “unfair?...
...sociology department announced the decision in an e-mail to its graduate students on Tuesday, blaming interim University President Derek C. Bok for rejecting Kaufman. “Unfortunately [Bok] disagreed with the department’s recommendation and did not approve the appointment,” Department Chair Robert J. Sampson and acting Department Chair Mary C. Waters wrote...