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...Fifteen Minutes: So, are you happy about Summers??€™s resignation? Sad? Excited...
...Nancy Hopkins [the MIT professor whose outrage over Summers??€™s women in science comments triggered the initial uproar last year] was referred to in a recent article as a “harpie...
...once, Yale has it right. Upon hearing the news of University President Lawrence H. Summers??€™ resignation, Yale President Richard Levin remarked, “I’m sorry for him, and I’m sorry for Harvard...
...Moreover, Summers has worked to expand one of the most successful aspects of the College curriculum: the Freshman Seminar Program. The number of freshman seminars offered has more than quadrupled in his time here, notably in the sciences, where few seminars of any sort had previously been offered. That Summers??€™ commitment to undergraduate education extended beyond the committee room and into the classroom, where he taught two freshman seminars and a lecture course on globalization, stands as a testament to the authenticity of his conviction...
...Under Summers??€™ leadership, the University established the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative, which substantially reduced tuition costs for low-income students and broadened the College’s applicant pool. Finally, it was a grant from the President’s office this past fall that will finally begin to address the problems facing social space in undergraduate life—it earmarked millions of dollars for a pub in Loker Commons, a café in Lamont, and a plethora of student group space in the Hilles Building...