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While past Faculty motions have expressed professors??€™ displeasure with the president, the new resolution reflects rising frustration with the Corporation’s inaction in response to the Summers storm...
...agenda for the Feb. 28 meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) implores the Harvard Corporation, the only body with the power to fire University President Lawrence H. Summers, to intervene in the escalating battle between professors and the central administration. While past Faculty motions have expressed professors??€™ displeasure with the president, the new resolution reflects rising frustration with the Corporation’s continued silence on the Summers storm. The motion, which was put on the docket by Professor of Physics and Applied Physics Daniel S. Fisher and obtained by The Crimson tonight, does...
...professors??€™ statements, which were circulated among the department by e-mail and obtained by The Crimson, raise the objection that a delay in concentration choice would hinder students’ ability to specialize in their fields of concentration. “This [plan] will not encourage students to do advanced work—the kind of excellent work that makes our graduates the best in the nation, gets them into top graduate schools and in a position to be choice targets in the competition for top jobs and to contribute to science and engineering immediately after graduation...
...characterized by professors??€™ stinging criticisms of Summers, the president’s terse responses, and many awkward pauses...
...Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) will have its first full meeting of the semester today, as administrators attempt to keep professors??€™ attention on the curricular review in the wake of Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby’s resignation and continuing unhappiness with University President Lawrence H. Summers’ leadership. The review has made noticeable progress in recent months. All the committee reports have been completed and compiled. A number of Faculty meetings this fall were spent discussing the reports. And draft legislation for changes to concentrations has been considered by the Faculty Council...