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According to professors at the meetings, Bok reassured them that he—not Summers??would pick the next dean in a timely fashion, and that he would consult broadly with professors in doing...
...course of the crisis of governance that led up to Summers?? resignation, professors voiced strong concerns about how the dean search would be handled. But Bok appears to have largely alleviated the Faculty’s worries...
...leadership. However, at the well-attended “Women in Science” panel on Friday, chaired by Evelynn M. Hammonds, professor of the History of Science and of African and African American Studies and Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity at Harvard, Summers?? name was not mentioned. Hammonds gave a historical account of women in the sciences and indicated that although the number of women getting bachelors in the sciences has been increasing since 1966 and even surpassed the number of males in 2001, the trend has not occured at the senior ranks...
Judith L. Ryan, the professor who initiated last month’s scheduled vote of no confidence in Summers?? leadership, wrote in an e-mail that she believes the poll’s findings are “not very meaningful” because students were not asked about specific actions taken by either Summers or the Faculty...
Ryan wrote that the question about students’ approval of Summers could have been interpreted by some respondents as asking whether “students approve or disapprove of what some of President Summers?? supporters have called his failure to stick up for himself.” So those who said they approved of Summers?? handling of the situation might have been expressing their support for Summers?? decision to resign, according to Ryan...