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Over the past several weeks, a private disagreement between President Larry H. Summers and Fletcher University Professor Cornel West has exploded into a national controversy. Since the uproar began, West and other prominent members of the Afro-American Studies Department have reportedly considered offers to leave the University. While we do not know what exactly was said in the October meeting between West and Summers, nor the manner in which it was said, it seems that this issue has been blown far out of proportion. Now that the crisis appears to have been averted, we can look upon the entire...
...statement was signed by Carswell Professor of Afro-American Studies K. Anthony Appiah, DuBois Professor of the Humanities Henry Louis Gates Jr., Climenko Professor of Law, Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74 and Geyser University Professor William Julius Wilson...
University President Lawrence H. Summers met with Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74 yesterday in an efforts to mend a rift that threatened to send the prominent member of the Afro-American Studies department packing for Princeton...
Though Summers won’t comment specifically on the source of ongoing conflict with Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74 and other members of the Afro-American studies department, he continues to repeat its root is a “misunderstanding...
...department, widely considered the nation’s best, was a pet project of Summers’ predecessor, Neil L. Rudenstine. Over the past couple of weeks, national media attention has focused on a dispute between Summers and Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74, who is reported to be considering a return to Princeton University...