Yesterday I pointed out that the problem of managing Harvard and other universities, particularly in the wake of the Summers resignation is that, in a worker owned firm, “the interests that end up mattering are not those of the average or majority but of the loudest faction.”
In that connection it’s worth pointing out this line from Summers’ resignation letter, highlighted in a WSJ editorial:
I have reluctantly concluded that the rifts between me and segments of the Arts and Sciences faculty make it infeasible for me to advance the agenda of renewal that I see as crucial to Harvard's future.
Think of what’s at stake in this huge, great university, and consider that Summers is leaving because of “segments of the Arts and Sciences faculty.”
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