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During the first hour of the meeting—which was a continuation of last Tuesday??€™s contentious Faculty meeting—many faculty members continued to criticize Summers’ leadership of the University, though their remarks had a more conciliatory tone than those made last week. Much of the conversation focused on ways Summers could restore power to the Faculty and strengthen professors’ trust in him, and a much-discussed no confidence vote in Summers’ leadership was not held...
...tension and anger that pervaded last week’s meeting was largely absent from yesterday’s continuation of last Tuesday??€™s session...
...calm has followed last Tuesday??€™s storm amongst the faculty...
...consequence, the issues of the curricular review are being submerged: last Tuesday??€™s Faculty meeting, in fact, was supposed to discuss the much-neglected review. If the review continues to be associated with Summers, whose fingerprints are all over its agenda, the current climate may prohibit serious discussion about the nature of undergraduate education. A successful curricular review should not just restructure course requirements; it should reinvigorate professors and students to the fundamental missions of a liberal arts institution. This one has accomplished anything but inspiration—just as Summers’ past comments about African-American...
...full Faculty of Arts and Sciences will meet today to continue the discussion of Summers’ leadership that began at last Tuesday??€™s meeting...