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...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’ leadership style and the overall structure of power in the University. It was and is important for Summers to bridge the gap between the presidency and the Faculty??taking extra steps to increase communication and to repair some of his mistakes in the past few years with...
Even though we sympathized with the Faculty??s concern, we never supported a “no confidence” or “lack of confidence” vote, the latter of which ended with 218 faculty voting a lack of confidence in Summers. Not only were these measures ineffective—members of the Harvard Corporation were unlikely to fire Summers, whom they supported throughout the ordeal—they were unnecessary. Summers needs time to finish many of his initiatives such as Allston, and the grievances raised by the Faculty do not make a compelling...
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 some point, one must move forward toward other obligations. The Harvard College Curricular Review is just one example of a highly crucial matter that was shelved during the Summers’ controversy. Summers must continue to learn from this situation, but it is time to set eyes on other goals...
Skocpol says that the purpose of the proposed three-person mediation committee “wasn’t so much mediation,” but “to familiarize ourselves with the concerns of the deans and faculty??which would certainly not get sorted out in those giant [Faculty] meetings...
Referring to an anecdote about one student who had slipped through the cracks of the government department’s advising mechanism, Lewis wrote, “This is a scandal. Harvard is cheating this student and stealing his money. If we can get the faculty??or, in the negligent departments, anyone at all—to pay more attention to students, the quality of the academic experience at Harvard will soar...