Word: discontentment
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It quickly became clear that the women in science comments were the fuse that ignited a powder keg of discontent Summers had been filling for the past four years.
But since March, faculty discussions of their discontent with Summers have moved out of the Faculty meetings and into more private venues.
As with the Faculty at large, the collection of department chairs is not monolithic in its prescription for the future of the FAS-Summers relationship, as not all professors share the discontent of the majority of the Faculty with Summers’ leadership. And some professors say that since the...
The Faculty’s outrage at Summers’ remarks this past semester suggested that discontent with his administration ran deeper than a few ill-conceived statements on women in science. Indeed, the Faculty meetings following the controversy were by in large dominated by professors with qualms about Summers?...
Just as Summers’ academic freedom must be weighed against his responsibilities as president, so too must the Faculty’s discontent be weighed against the necessary responsibility of giving students the best education possible. Criticism and discussion provokes change, and often this change is necessary. Yet at...