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...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...
...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 for students...
...matters regarding the allocation of resources by Massachussetts Law are reserved for the Harvard Corporation.” Professors did vote to add the words “gender and sexuality” to the name of the Committee on Women’s Studies. In an interview later, Mansfield said the change would “make obvious what they were all along, which is a department of feminist studies...
DECEMBER 14, 2004 Summers pledged that the low numbers of tenure offers to women would not be repeated, saying, “We have already matched last year’s sorry total.” Mansfield argued that the real problem lay in the dearth of conservative women. “Try to find a conservative professor at the Radcliffe Institute,” he said...