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...Safran has resigned in the wake of these revelations, but his resignation represented the bare minimum punishment he deserved for his actions. In fact, the report is careful to avoid giving even a hint that Safran's departure was a punishment at all. Beyond any nitpicking question of administrative correctness, the fact remains that in two instances Safran deceived the University and the academic community at large...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Easy Out | 1/8/1986 | See Source »

...time that Spence left in question the reputation of Safran and Harvard's center, one would have expected the report to agressively attack a wide array of concerns raised within the University and the Middle East studies community in the wake of the disclosures. Spence's report should also have prepared for the future health of the center by making clear that the University will not stand for activities that violate is critical standards of academic freedom. That the report did neither of these things bodes ill for the future credibility of the center, Safran, and Harvard as a whole...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Easy Out | 1/8/1986 | See Source »

Scholars have questioned whether Safran should have accepted CIA funds at all, in light of the effect any perceived connection with the agency could have on academic work in a region of the world that can safely be described as a political powderkeg...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Easy Out | 1/8/1986 | See Source »

...number of scholars, invited to the October conference at Harvard's Faculty Club, were also outraged that Safran did not tell them the conference was CIA-backed. Others questioned the ethics of a world-renowned scholar who would blithely circumvent guidelines for the preservation of academic freedom after Harvard had led a national fight in Washington, D.C. last year to preserve just those rights. Still others wondered how Safran could have violated an unwritten rule of ethics and allowed his book, "Saudi Arabia: The Ceaseless Quest for Security," published last fall by Harvard University Press, to go to print without...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Easy Out | 1/8/1986 | See Source »

Spence does not adequately answer any of these concerns. Instead, the dean offers a fuller account of his October report on Safran's conference contract, concluding in muted tones that there were "problems" with his failure to inform the participants of the CIA funding, his failure to tell the University of the funding as required, and his failure to pay Harvard a negotiated fee for overhead costs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Easy Out | 1/8/1986 | See Source »

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