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Interim Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles said yesterday that “appropriate action” had been taken in the investigation, brushing aside charges that he mismanaged the Shleifer case by acting without consulting the committees that had investigated the matter.
Shleifer, who was in Amsterdam to deliver a lecture, declined to say whether he had been punished by Knowles.
Shleifer’s statement appeared to indicate that he would remain at Harvard as a professor. The individuals close to CPC members said it would be unlikely for Knowles to revoke Shleifer’s tenured teaching post—a move that would require the approval of the...
When Knowles took over as interim dean this past July, he received the CPC subcommittee’s report on Shleifer. The dean has declined to detail the contents of the report or to say whether Shleifer has been punished, citing FAS policy against commenting on personnel matters.
“This case raised important issues, which have been thoroughly investigated according to the published procedures of the Faculty, and appropriate action has been taken,” Knowles wrote in an e-mail.