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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...
...Science at Radcliffe was Faust’s vision. The Radcliffe Fellows Program has existed since 1960, but it wasn’t until 2002 that Radcliffe welcomed its first actual class of science fellows. Currently, one third of Radcliffe’s fellows are scientists, mathematicians, and engineers, and Radcliffe holds numerous science talks and semiannual symposia...
Really? What is that one chance? He offers no specific vision, only this general yet urgent endorsement of unification. But the reader should forgive Mak this halfhearted attempt to pull a foreign-affairs moral from his history lesson. The book is not a call for unity, but a call for peace. It is a testament to Mak's warmth and skill as a writer that even in a chronicle of unrelenting barbarity he has portrayed a humanity worth saving...
...Dean Skocpol was a very plainspoken and direct person who had a clear vision. It is sometimes easy to confuse that,” Gabrielse said. “By my lights, she was very direct, very blunt. I just don’t mind that...
...When the time comes, I'll offer my vision and strategy for the future, but then it's up to party members to decide. To be honest, I'm not sure I'll want the responsibility to goes with that job. I've seen close up how heavy, at times brutal the price of those positions can be, and I'm not sure I want that...