<p><a href=“http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2006/09/08/CampusNews/Simmons.Denies.Interest.In.Harvard.Presidency-2262771.shtml?sourcedomain=www.browndailyherald.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com[/url]”>http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2006/09/08/CampusNews/Simmons.Denies.Interest.In.Harvard.Presidency-2262771.shtml?sourcedomain=www.browndailyherald.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com</a></p>
<p>What are you, the new dcircle? I don't see why stuff like this is important.</p>
<p>it has "harvard" in the title. the importance is self-evident.
(btw, thanks for the shout out)</p>
<p>Lol....you're one of a kind, we can't have imposters.</p>
<p>Brown can rest easy! Ruth won't leave them in the lurch!</p>
<p>She's needed more than ever, with "Turnover at the Top".</p>
<p>We were at the presentation. Her response was very funny and to the point. I don't think she is interested in leaving Brown. In particular not for the Harvard job.</p>
<p>Despite the fact that she's a Harvard grad, I doubt that she'd be seriously considered; too old at this point.</p>
<p>Well Byerly, according to everything I read she was on the short list.</p>
<p>Too old by traditional criteria, but perhaps, at this point, they want predictability. Just as they brought back Bok as interim, perhaps they want a proven person with sucess as a college president to calm things down for a while. Get faculty on board with the big change to Alston, etc. If so, then a relatively short term (4-6 years), from an older, gentler person could be fine. Once the Summers affair recedes from memory, battle lines are no longer drawn, they could take a chance on a younger less tested leader. </p>
<p>Now Keohane is probably too old even for that.</p>
<p>I hope there is no short list yet. If there is, and Simmons knew she was not on it, then declaring her lack of interest would be a smart move.</p>
<p>The people putting out these "lists" are speculating outsiders with an agenda, not the Corporation.</p>
<p>Wow Byerly, that sounds like your posts on the Brown CC forums.</p>
<p>I hate to say this, but titcr melody.</p>