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...administration” of major initiatives. Krauss’s decision, however, was motivated primarily by what he identified as the administration’s attempt to control information. He said the administration has misrepresented the university’s financial situation to the faculty, and recalled professors?? surprise at a 2005 Chronicle of Higher Education report that Hundert is among the highest paid of any research university president. For Krauss, the decision to speak out was not an easy one. “After writing my e-mail, I sat and stared at the send button...
...this is particularly relevant to the recommendations regarding timing of concentration choice. Summers, who in his recent resignation letter expressed a desire to make the Harvard experience commensurate with the quality of its students and faculty, seems to share this understanding. It is in both students’ and professors?? interests to maintain the rigor of Harvard’s degree programs, and I trust that the current efforts toward increased freedom and flexibility will contribute to that goal. Emily E. Riehl ’06 is a mathematics concentrator in Adams House...
...wake of Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby’s forced resignation on Jan. 27, professors?? calls for Summers’ resignation grew exponentially louder over the past two weeks. So did criticism from students, alumni, and some Faculty dissenters who castigated Summers’ opponents for fostering a “culture of grievance, intemperance, and ill will,” as Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature Ruth R. Wisse wrote in an e-mail last week...
Summers’ resignation ended his fever-pitched fight with Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) professors??a battle that was headed for a Feb. 28 showdown when the full Faculty was scheduled to consider a motion of no confidence in the president’s leadership...
Altshuler said he was contacted by a Corporation member earlier this month who sought his views on Summers. But the Corporation’s limited probe of professors?? opinions might not have extended beyond the dean level at non-FAS schools. Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz said in a phone interview Sunday: “I don’t know that any Law School people have been contacted...