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...while the second, more conciliatory measure passed convincingly—we cannot help but question the GSC’s motivations for organizing this poll. Framing the questions after the Faculty measures, as it did, would have made for very convenient headlines of “Graduate Students Echo Faculty??s Lack of Confidence” had the first measure passed. The goal of assessing graduate student sentiment should not be to land a spot in tomorrow’s New York Times, but to aid the reassessment and rehabilitation process of a University in crisis. Instead...
...bad” as it would have been before the addition of extra beds in the last few years. Over 100 beds were gained at 10 DeWolfe Street in the 2002-2003 school year when the top three floors—originally apartments for junior faculty??were converted to undergraduate student housing...
...binding statement. In most legislative assemblies, votes that bring down the government are typically those that defeat budgets or other bills essential to the functioning of society, since there is true meaning, and risk, in halting the operation of government. In this case, the Faculty??with no formal authority over Summers’ job security—had no other option but to fire off a loud cannon shot, in one direction or the other (it’s hard to tell which one). In the same way, it will be impossible to tell exactly how the GSAS...
...Faculty wants to take a more accurate look at Summers’ leadership, there must be a properly designed survey to take the Faculty??s temperature (I declined to respond to the GSAS survey because it has the same bias problems as the faculty questions). Here’s one quick way to do that: for every survey sent out, randomly determine which statement is presented: the vote of confidence, or that of no confidence...
...Arts and Sciences have clearly stated their lack of confidence in President Summers. Of course the Harvard Corporation—one of the oldest absolute oligarchies in the Western Hemisphere, and a bastion of the American ruling class—is in no way bound to act on the faculty??s views. And so as expected, it has announced its continued confidence in Summers. But surely a smart ruling class realizes that, when the servants are this upset, it may be wise to change the household arrangements...