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...have missed the news of academic sanctions levied against those who supported the visiting poet Tom Paulin. We have not read The Crimson’s repeated exposés of junior faculty denied tenure for their political speech. (Except, perhaps, for Peter Berkowitz.) Including the case of former Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74, we have not even seen public criticism by the President’s office of any member of the Faculty for political positions. In fact, the only person we’ve seen threatened with losing his job is Larry Summers...
This chain began in January of 2002, when former Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74 chose to leave Harvard, citing an October 2001 meeting with Summers that West characterized in an interview with the New York Times as “authoriz[ing] vicious attacks on my integrity and my work based on my politics.” Though Summers later said that he regretted any misunderstandings, the damage was done. By providing an example of where a disagreement with Summers could lead, Summers’ interaction with West in many ways laid the groundwork...
Faculty members who have been ill at ease on issues ranging from Summers’ management of the University’s expansion into Allston to the president’s role in the noisy departure of former Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74 are now rallying around a common issue and voicing their complaints collectively...
Yesterday, professors raised issues from the curricular review to the University’s expansion into Allston to Summers’ famous spat with former Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74. They said Summers’ tenure has been marked by a style of leadership more akin to a for-profit corporation or governmental bureaucracy than an academic institution...
Criticism moved beyond the transcript of Summers’ remarks to larger concerns that he routinely stifles debate and intimidates professors into silence. Faculty members pointed to a series of mishandlings during Summers’ tenure, including the departure of former Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74 in 2002, the controversy surrounding the invitation of poet Tom Paulin in 2003, and the lack of communication regarding Allston plans...