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...compliance products, wrote in an unpublished letter to The Crimson in February that Summers’ resignation was a “disgrace.”“My estate plan had bequeathed several million dollars to Harvard,” he wrote. “Based upon what the faculty of Harvard has done to Mr. Summers, I have removed Harvard as a beneficiary of my estate. I am recommending the same to other friends and associates.”“So the radical feminists and PC police win, and Harvard and its students lose...
...freshman week discussions with members of the Faculty. The selection of essays has varied slightly from year to year, but the one mainstay has been Emerson’s “Self-Reliance.”I thought of that essay the other day when I happened upon “Excellence Without a Soul: How a Great University Forgot Education,” by former Dean of the College and current professor Harry R. Lewis ’68. Lewis’ criticisms run the gamut, but the one that caught my eye was his description of student...
...others at the University, referred to the notable increase in PR presence during Summers’ tenure as the ‘Washingtonization’ of Harvard,” she wrote in an e-mail.In another departure from the higher ed norm, Summers hired his own press secretary upon assuming the presidency.Lucie McNeil, the first person to hold the title, came to Harvard in late 2002 after working as a senior press officer for Tony Blair. Ever since, the position has drawn the ire of some faculty members, who see it as unnecessarily political. “The president...
...Upon returning from Davos several days after the leak, Summers was greeted with a chorus of blame for the public embarrassment of Kirby. He had tried to quell the rising Faculty anger by compromising with professors on the process for appointing Kirby’s successor—a power traditionally exerted solely by the president—but even that did not placate his staunchest critics...
...easily solved as it is obvious. Quite simply, Lamont has two typing rooms but no place to leave typewriters. For the trustful, of course, this is no problem—the typist just leaves his machine when he goes to class or meals. One dislikes casting doubts upon human nature, but a glance at the statistics nevertheless indicates a number of losses every month in books and personal items. Typewriters are particularly vulnerable, since there is no way of checking them at the doors. For the man a bit uneasy about losing his machine, it means lugging it along every...