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...president harshly for limiting open discussion on the topic. During Allston planning last February, Professor of German Peter J. Burgard bemoaned the lack of meaningful faculty debate on the preparations. And in the wake of Summers’ comments on innate differences between men and women, Daniel S. Fisher, professor of physics and applied physics, said, “For the president, it is fine to be provocative, but for faculty, serious questions and constructive dissent are squelched.” Taken in isolation, incidents like these could be minimized and ignored. But that is not the case here...
...Summers squelches debate at faculty meetings and ensures that major issues are not brought up: issues such as the massive transfers of funds from FAS to the Central Administration for Allston and its consequences for other activities,” Professor of Physics and of Applied Sciences Daniel S. Fisher wrote in an e-mail...
...Fisher, who also led the planning for the interdisciplinary Center for Brain Science, additionally wrote that Summers “has systematically suppressed open discussion on issues vital to the future of Harvard...
...PAUL S. FISHER...
...Dodge City, Mo. Subscriber Fisher is extreme...