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...formal role or any authority. There was nothing to recuse myself from.”INSTITUTIONAL MATTERSComing the same month that Summers angered many professors by forcing William C. Kirby’s resignation as dean of the Faculty, the Institutional Investor article added still more fuel to the Faculty??s uproar.“Bill’s resignation was the most important thing behind it,” said Coolidge Professor of History David Blackbourn, referring to Summers’ ouster. But, he added, “Larry’s answer to the question about...
...There are different styles of leadership,” Kirby said, Mitchell at his side, “and I would probably characterize myself as one who aims to move and direct and lead a faculty??very possibly in a more reserved way.” Kirby said he thought of himself as a colleague rather than a leader. “I think of [the Faculty] as shareholders in planning our collective future,” he said. “I believe that if you want to make an institution change, there are a variety...
...highest governing body of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) yesterday cancelled the Faculty??s scheduled Feb. 28 meeting—which initially had two motions challenging University President Lawrence H. Summers’ leadership on the docket—in the wake of Summers’ resignation Tuesday.The Faculty Council cancelled the meeting to give Faculty members “time to settle” after Summers’ resignation, said Weary Professor of German and Comparative Literature Judith L. Ryan, a member of the Council.The Faculty will have a “non-regular?...
Unlike the Faculty??s foggy qualms, Summers’ achievements keep materializing on campus and in students’ lives. The Harvard Financial Aid Initiative has deepened our commitment to social mobility in a country with increasingly calcified social structures. The Office of International Programs now thoroughly encourages international experiences. With the recent appointment of a German architectural firm, we now have concrete steps toward a new campus in Allston. The Curricular Review, the Women’s Center (whatever that will be), popularized Freshmen Seminars, and others, populate the list of achievements of Harvard?...
...opposite. During his resignation speech yesterday, Summers talked about his vision and his initiatives continuing, even if he himself relinquished the helm. That seems like a fair plan, save for one question: Can anyone besides Larry Summers get it done?My guess is yes. A good portion of the Faculty??s grievances are purely personal, not intellectual. Humanities professors may gripe about Harvard’s investment in science, but they gripe more about the power, independence, and above all, stature, they seemed to have lost in the past five years. A new president who honors Homer, Herodotus...