<p>alphacdcd-What bothered Summers is that it wasn't really his "spare time;" West was on medical leave from Harvard. I don't think anyone would have objected to West making a CD if he was also keeping up with teaching classes + so on.</p>
<p>So your telling us that in a University as large as Harvard (20,000 students, a large continuing ed program plus an ambitious building program) the president bypassed the Dept. Chairman, the Academic Dean, etc. etc., to deal directly with an individual professor who was not publishing enough?</p>
<p>Harvard has only 17 so-called "University Professors" - who are designated by the President and responsible only to him. West had such a designation - awarded by Summers' predecessor, President Rudenstine.</p>
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Harvard has only 17 so-called "University Professors" - who are designated by the President and responsible only to him.
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Too bad he didn't get rid of Tribe as long as he was deep-sixing West.</p>
<p>The "Tribe issue" is still up in the air, as far as I know. </p>
<p>This is a toughie for Summers for various reasons, not the least of which is that he himself annointed Tribe as the latest "University Professor" not long before the plagiarism allegation surfaced.</p>
<p>I fail to see how the article cited is relevant to C. West. West is not mentioned at all, and neither is his relationship to the president.</p>
<p>The cited article tells you what a "University Scholar" is, notes how few they are, and explains their direct relationship to the President of the University - to whom they exclusively report.</p>
<p>Isn't that stretching it a bit? Is it mentioned that they are direct reports?</p>
<p>Well trust me, they are.
(... or don't trust me, if you prefer)</p>