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...original language was completely unacceptable,” University Provost Steven E. Hyman says. “The initial language basically said that [they] got to reach in and regulate speech on campus...
...April, Hyman joined provosts at eight other elite schools in firing off a response to the foundations, telling Ford that the new wording might “create an unfortunate barrier” to its work with universities...
Last April, Hyman, along with provosts from the University of Chicago, the University of Pennsylvania, MIT, Stanford, Columbia, Yale, Princeton and Cornell, sent the foundations a letter protesting the potential infringement on academic freedom posed by the new language. Several of the universities then moved ahead in talks with officials at Ford on compromise language to eliminate some of the most objectionable wording...
...Hyman says that Harvard “did make several runs at language,” and that Berresford and University President Lawrence H. Summers discussed the issue. Summers says the two “had a good conversation about our views on anything that restricts academic freedom” but declined to comment further...
Assistant Provost Buffington says Summers and Hyman also encouraged collaboration and support between HBS and SAI. Summers told HBS Dean Kim B. Clark to look at the new Mumbai Center as a “modular system,” according to Buffington. The modular model, Buffington says, recommends that schools or centers looking to expand abroad should seek partnerships with other sectors of Harvard in the area. When convenient, as in the case of the HBS and SAI centers in Mumbai, they should share office space and administrative support with other Harvard groups...