<p>Now that the Summers administration ended a couple of days ago, Derek Bok is now the big cheese at Harvard, but only for the interim. One name that has frequently come up in the new Harvard pres race is PrezBo himself, Lee C. Bollinger, president of Columbia. The Columbia Marching Band lampooned it at Orgo Night, and the speculation continues to grow every week, especially with large problems (hate on campus, expansion, aloofness to students) that Harvard kids won't address. First off will you think Bollinger will head to Boston? Second how would you feel if he does leave? Also he is 59 I think...how long do you think he has left in the tank?</p>
<p>Doesn't Harvard, like most other schools, name presidents with prior affiliations with the school? LB's got no Harvard connection, so he might not even want to go to Harvard and they might not him.</p>
<p>Also, he probably wants to accomplish the goals he's set for himself and for Columbia and see them to completion (for his legacy and for Columbia's sake). He's got some major initiatives, such as Manhattanville and a major alumni fundraising drive.</p>
<p>Going to Harvard could be a risk, and he may not be willing to step into a job where he could fail.</p>
<p>The average college president who doesn't get forced out will spend about a decade at the helm. So, he's got a while at Columbia.</p>
<p>Since he didn't get the Fed Chair, he needs something bigger than Columbia Business School and Harvard University is.</p>
<p>H is going to pick another economist, you think? The last one failed.</p>
<p>Hubbard is the type of quiet guy, Cambridge needs to hear out and lead a small army of prima donna academnicians.</p>
<p>He reminds me a lot of Paul Tagliabue and the way he initially took control of all the prima donna NFL owner personalities in the early 1990s.</p>
<p>He would be a quiet leader that would still be in charge and applying a forward vision.</p>
<p>As a matter of fact, it is probably too bad that Tagliabue is too old to do the job as he would probably be perfect. Hubbsard would be a younger version.</p>
<p>Yeah putting so many plans for CU and then bolting into that maelstrom known as the Harvard Arts and Sciences committee would 1) Put him in a bad position already leaving (may seem like a betrayal) and 2) put him in a bad position upon entering. Since we all know that Harvard's pres. is just a figurehead, the main power is in the A/S Committee... Nonetheless, about the idea of Harvard choosing "Harvard guys" that may not be true. Bollinger was almost offered the job, but Harvard gave it to the um...dearly departed Summers. =)</p>
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<p>Doesn't the fact that Summers got the nod over Lee sort of make the "Harvard guys" point?</p>
<p>No, when I meant in the job offering, the Harvard Crimson refered to Bollinger as "Harvard's next president" and it looked like Bollinger could have gone. It seems like the Summer's decision may not have been a Harvard guy preference, but rather a second choice to a Bollinger rejection? Or a last minute change...</p>
<p>Um, maybe the Crimson just did a "Dewey Defeats Truman" and screwed up.</p>
<p>Ha Ha Nice One Columbia, especially to a prospective history major. Are you one?</p>
<p>Nope, I did engineering. But, I'm well rounded (or try to be).</p>