Word: discontentment
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The episodes that drove the Faculty to oust its president mainly took place behind closed doors. But professors are facing a backlash in the court of public opinion-, as the response to the resignation drains ink barrels across the country. A piece in The Washington Times called Lawrence H. Summers?...
Predictably, Summers’ resignation has inspired an avalanche of misinformed editorials, sensationalist radio and television punditry, anti-intellectual caricatures of the Faculty, and acrimonious debate—on campus and far outside of it. Widespread Faculty discontent has been likened to a “purge,�...
Viewed in this light, Faculty discontent over Summers’ leadership is perfectly justified. What surprises me is the widespread student discontent over his resignation. In talking to my students over the course of the last week, I have come to realize that they still have many questions�...
Summers’ resignation thus poses an important challenge. As faculty members, we must articulate clearly and persuasively the reasons for our own discontent with the president. Moreover, we must take student grievances seriously by engaging undergraduates in conversation—publicly and privately—in an effort to...
Citing University President Lawrence H. Summers’ resignation in face of faculty pressure, a Case Western Reserve University professor called for a vote of no confidence in the Cleveland university’s own president last week. Physics professor and renowned author Lawrence M. Krauss e-mailed the faculty...