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Yale—and Larry Summers—in the Wall Street Journal
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Editorial Blogs
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Shots in the Dark
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05/01/2008
The ex-Harvard president speaks on how universities need to change; the Yale president says little but does a lot.
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The Endowment Gap
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Editorial Blogs
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Shots in the Dark
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02/04/2008
The wealth disparity between the country's rich universities and its not-rich ones is becoming increasingly hard to ignore—and increasingly, people aren't.
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A Christmas Gift for Drew Faust
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Editorial Blogs
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Shots in the Dark
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12/24/2007
The Boston Globe's education reporter gives Harvard's president a puff piece for Christmas.
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Is Yale More Fun than Harvard?
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Editorial Blogs
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Shots in the Dark
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11/21/2007
Well...yes. But the interesting question is, Why?
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Fund Racer
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Magazine Archives
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November/December 2007
A money man's hasty exit leaves Harvard in the lurch.
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Calendar
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Magazine Archives
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November/December 2007
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James Watson on Larry Summers
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Editorial Blogs
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Shots in the Dark
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10/02/2007
In an interview, the outspoken scientist shares his thoughts on the outspoken economist.
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02138 Is Two!
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Magazine Archives
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September / October 2007
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Harvard's Bumpy Road to Allston
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Editorial Blogs
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Shots in the Dark
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08/20/2007
Some Allston residents are angry at Harvard over alleged broken promises to repair a section of North Harvard Street. Is this a sign of bigger fights to come?
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Drew Faust's Dean Problem
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Editorial Blogs
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Shots in the Dark
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05/22/2007
If Jeremy Bloxham said no because of budget pressures, who will say yes?
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Drew Faust in the FT
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Editorial Blogs
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Shots in the Dark
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04/27/2007
The Financial Times sees challenges ahead for Drew Faust.
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The Search for Harvard's Next Leader
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Magazine Archives
Article :
Spring 2007
The inside story on how the Corporation's second choice became the next president of Harvard.
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The Search for Harvard's Next Leader
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Magazine Archives
Article :
Winter 2007
On the morning of Wednesday, January 31, Thomas R. Cech, the Nobel Prize–winning head of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, picked up the phone and called the Harvard Crimson. In December, the newspaper had reported that Cech was a candidate for the presidency of Harvard. Now, Cech told the paper, “I have withdrawn my name from consideration.”
Quickly posted online, those words shocked the Harvard campus. Cech wasn’t the first candidate to say no, but his exit was different. It came late in the search process, and the campus buzz had it that he wasn’t just a candidate, he was a leading candidate. With Cech gone, who was left?
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The Healer
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Magazine Archives
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Winter 2007
Once again, Derek Bok has become president of Harvard at a time of crisis. But can he—or anyone—heal the wounded university?
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The Power House
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Magazine Archives
Article :
Premier Issue
Not many people know just what the Harvard Corporation does, and that's exactly how the group's seven members like it. But after Lawrence Summers's departure, can Harvard's ruling council maintain its wall of silence, even as it handpicks the university's next president? An inside look at the power behind Harvard's throne.
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Derek Bok, J.D. '54
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Tribe
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Spotlight
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09/15/2006
Derek Bok is both sequel and prequel to Larry Summers in his position as interim president of Harvard while the search for a permanent replacement is underway. He's in the limelight this week for Harvard's decision to relinquish early admission to the College, a plan pushed by Dean of Admissions William Fitzsimmons and championed by Bok.
