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...resign at the end of the academic year, the Corporation scrambled to find somebody who could temporarily fill the University’s top spot. The top three contenders for the position were Keohane, an experienced University administrator, Provost Steven E. Hyman, Summers’ deputy, and Derek C. Bok, a former Harvard president who led the University from 1971 to 1991. Keohane promptly removed herself from consideration, according to the source close to the Corporation, and the fellows thought Hyman was too closely associated with Summers to be a viable replacement...
After the tumult of the past year, we are embarking on a period of relative stability under interim University President Derek C. Bok and interim Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles. Yet we should not think of this time as a return to familiar and comfortable things. To do so would belie what we have learned during recent months. We need to continue what we have been doing for the past three years: working to reshape the curriculum, giving the College the strength and flexibility it needs to educate its current and future students...
...Gomes, however, says that he believes that the Overseers have gradually strayed from Eliot’s model, ceding much of their designated power to the Corporation and the central administration, which grew from one vice president to four under President Derek C. Bok in the 1970s...
...Derek C. Bok’s presidency, which began in 1971, would bring significant changes to the fellows’ workload. “As both Harvard and its bureaucracy grew,” the Kellers note, “the Corporation became more detached from the mundane realities of University governance...
...Times,” Weary Professor of German and Comparative Literature Judith L. Ryan says.But come July 1, the president who helped Harvard usher through its last curricular review will once again be at the University’s helm.Some faculty members say they hope that Incoming Interim President Derek C. Bok’s presence will allow for a substantial reevaluation of Harvard’s general education. Bok recently analyzed data on undergraduate education in his book, “Our Underachieving Colleges: A Candid Look at How Much Students Learn and Why They Should Be Learning More...