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...would leave, following a conversation in the fall with University President Lawrence H. Summers which West describes as disrespectful. During that conversation, Summers reportedly criticized West for focusing on outside activities—like recording a rap C.D. and working on political campaigns—rather than his scholarship...
...He’s a person who’s made substantial contributions both to the University and to scholarship,” he added...
...rebelled against the idea that black colleges should be phased out, seeing institutions like Miles as the best hope for black scholarship...
...letter to students, Summers writes, “Let me reaffirm my admiration for the major strides that Harvard has made over the past decade in African-American studies. The members of our Afro-Am Department, individually and collectively, have done much to enhance education and scholarship at Harvard, and I look forward to helping sustain Harvard’s strength in this area in the time ahead.” President Summers, the time for action...
...Cornel R. West ’74 may be preparing to leave Harvard for Princeton. In spite of the proclamations of the petition organizers and the Staff, his loss would certainly not be a blow from which Harvard could never recover. Although not all of West’s scholarship has been as risible as his attempt to record a rap CD, it has certainly not added enough to the world of academia to render his departure “potentially devastating” to the University...