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...Guide. Even more amazingly, the FAS failed to modify this policy when the issue was discussed at a Faculty meeting this spring. The comments of some professors at that meeting demonstrate the gaping disconnect that exists between the Faculty and the student body. Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield ’53 offered a comment that was as notable for its arrogance as it was for its disregard for undergraduate education: “Course evaluations introduce the rule of the less wise over the more wise, of students over professors.” This remark was particularly...
...Government. University of California President Robert C. Dynes, Cornell Provost Carolyn Martin, and Washington University in St. Louis Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton are also prominent leaders in higher education.Some candidates from Harvard’s last search are again players in the campus guessing game, including former Provost Harvey V. Fineberg ’67, now president of the Institute of Medicine; Amy Gutmann ’71, now president of the University of Pennsylvania; and the number two candidate, Lee C. Bollinger, who is now president of Columbia.Both Gutmann and Bollinger have said that they intend to stay put.Strong...
...Harvard? There was, undoubtedly and unavoidably, failure and worse. A disastrous performance in a class with Harvey Mansfield sophomore fall, when grade deflation was at its peak. A poorly planned and ultimately unsuccessful candidacy for president of The Crimson, closely followed by news of a family member’s terminal illness. A senior thesis that never really came together. An incarnation of Handsome Dan with unusually short bulldog legs. In short, more setbacks in the last four years than in the previous...
...added.At ages 76 and 71, Bok and Knowles are two of the more mature leaders in recent Harvard history. Summers is 51; former President Neil L. Rudenstine was 66 when he left office; and current FAS dean William C. Kirby is 55.Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield ’53 said that he does not believe age will hurt the ability of the two to lead effectively.“I don’t consider them elderly,” said Mansfield, who is himself 74.—Staff writer Javier C. Hernandez can be reached...
...have the results published in the Guide.At the May 2 Faculty meeting, Gross proposed that CUE evaluations be required for all courses with at least five students. The measure met fierce resistance from many faculty members including Professor of German Peter J. Burgard and Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield ’53, the latter claiming that “course evaluations introduce the rule of the less wise over the more wise, of students over professors.” (The Faculty narrowly voted to postpone a vote on Gross’ proposal.)While it is inherently difficult...