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This attitude stands in marked contrast to the sense of skepticism, even resignation, with which the general public has greeted the periodic raising and lowering of the terror-alert levels. Especially worrisome is the extent to which the public appears willing to second-guess official directives. According to a Columbia...
The acting dean of the Business School, Jay O. Light, said in a statement yesterday that Summers’ resignation marked a “sad moment in Harvard’s history.”
Nearly 700 students cast their votes last week to fill recently opened Undergraduate Council (UC) seats, in special elections complicated by low voter turnout in Mather House and the resignation of former UC presidential candidate John F. Voith III ’07. Fewer than 10 people had voted in...
Summers wrote in a letter to the Harvard community that divisions between him and the faculty made it "infeasible" to lead, adding that his tenure had been marked at times by "strains and moments of rancor."
Harvard President Lawrence Summers, who announced his resignation Tuesday after a tumultuous five years in office, was known for his rough touch. He saw it as his job to prod a potentially complacent institution. But his tenure was marked by often bitter departures of some of the university?s highest...