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Goldin and Laibson requested signatures only from tenured professors, they said, because they did not want the letter to be subject to suspicion that junior faculty, who could one day have their tenure applications come before Summers, were coerced into signing...
...Professor of Economics Claudia Goldin and Professor of Economics David I. Laibson drafted a letter last week in support of Summers and informally distributed it to other tenured professors, requesting that they sign the letter and pass it on to more colleagues. As of last night, 186 professors have signed the letter. (Please see page A15 for the full text of the letter...
...letter concedes that Summers “has made mistakes during his tenure” and that “his personal interactions sometimes feel confrontational,” but nonetheless expresses confidence in Summers because of the belief “that his decisions are guided by a fundamental commitment to the ideals of scholarship and teaching that define this institution...
Professors who are more critical of Summers—many of whom wish to see him resign as President according to a poll conducted by The Crimson—say they have remained in constant contact via e-mail throughout the week, though they have not released a letter of their...
Weary Professor of German and Comparative Literature Judith Ryan said she suspects many professors do not want Summers to resign but have nonetheless refused to sign Goldin and Laibson’s letter...