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Despite Bok’s agreement to meet and Skocpol??s clarification, emotions ran high at last night’s UC meeting...
...scholars took more psychological and sociological approaches to political science. “She has transformed the way that political scientists looked at all these problems,” Putnam said. “She brought the state back into a central position in political science.” Skocpol??s research in the structure of civic society has brought new insights into the “nature of organizations that influence the government” and “the whole underpinning of American democracy,” Sidney Verba ’53, the 2002 Skytte...
...GSAS dean’s tenure has not been a quiet one, nor one unscathed by controversy and political vendetta. Rather, Skocpol??s career as a scholar has been tumultuous since its nascence, marked by several prominent confrontations with University administrators. In 1980, she filed a grievance against the University, alleging gender discrimination when her tenure application was denied. She had described Harvard as “the most arrogant university in the Western world,” but was eventually granted tenure after administrators reviewed her charges of prejudice...
...Skocpol??s penchant for controversy, however, has not been without its costs. Most notably, it recently backfired in her widely rumored campaign to become the next dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS). Her leadership style, which interim Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles tactfully termed “gently unambiguous,” proved to be the sticking point with many senior faculty members, recalling the strong-willed tendencies of Summers’ tenure. This ultimately led to University President Drew G. Faust voicing doubt about Skocpol?...
University politics can be quite the minefield to tread, and we regret that Skocpol??s personal attributes and managerial style fell out of favor with her colleagues. With her resignation, we have lost a driven leader whose vision for the pedagogical improvement of Harvard will be sorely missed. But her resignation also reflects lessons to be learned. Like it or not, University politics clearly demands that administrators not only have vision and drive, but also the ability to accomplish their goals diplomatically...