Word: holquist
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...came at a particularly sensitive moment. Kagan had alienated many faculty members through his speeches about excessive liberalism and with his support of faculty cutbacks. "The donation was seen as a weapon in the hands of someone who had an autocratic style as dean," says Comparative Literature professor Michael Holquist, who, along with Comp Lit chairman Peter Brooks, was one of the earliest and most open critics of the Bass-funded program. The problem was that "the money was being given to support Kagan," says Holquist. "In the academy, it's always a clash of egos." Even those in Kagan...