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...intermediary between the Faculty and Massachusetts Hall. Their personal dispute came to a head last year over Summers’ intervention in the Harvard College Curricular Review (HCCR)— of which Kirby was chair—a move that many in the Faculty felt overstepped the president??s role...
...strong relationship with the president. And when policy disagreements arise between Summers and the new dean—as they surely will—the dean should not hesitate to firmly stand his or her ground. He or she must not be seen as a mere executor of the president??s wishes. Luckily, Summers’ reputation for favoring intelligent argument among his advisors means that a working relationship and a strong Faculty leader need not be mutually exclusive...
Associate Professor of Government William G. Howell said that Bush’s domestic agenda “looks pretty fractured” compared with the president??s broad vision of American championing of the freedom overseas, especially in the Middle East. Howell said that Bush’s domestic proposals, including the competitiveness initiatives, “don’t have the scope of past initiatives like reforming Medicare and Medicaid, like reforming social security...
Summers planned to fire Kirby last year, but the plan was put on hold amid the Faculty uproar over the president??s own leadership, according to two individuals who discussed Kirby’s status this month with a member of the Harvard Corporation, the University’s top governing board. The sources spoke on condition of anonymity because the University’s employment decisions are considered private...
...Caucus of Chairs, a group of Faculty department chairs, have also criticized the relationship between Kirby and Summers, arguing that the dean and University Hall are not sufficiently independent from the president??s office in Massachusetts Hall, according to informal minutes of the group’s fall meetings...