Harvard may keep Garber in presidency ‘for years’

Last week I went to a meeting at our university and we were told the VC had negotiated an annual almost-unconditional research-funding grant to be divided up amongst our research staff so they wouldnt have to spend weeks chasing grants with a 5% success rate, the only conditions were we produced some papers, books, community engagement etc. and updated our teaching with that research, so the students would be happy too. Then I woke up and went to work.

Give it up, Paul. "relenting to a bombardment of complaints from conservative forces over pro-Palestinian campus protests and flaws in her scholarly writings." We both know this is absurd nonsense; she was quite happy to sit by and allow racists to proliferate on her watch, and she stole other people's work, so a political campaign or not, her own actions have caught up with her. Good riddance. Time for THE to ditch you.

How about appointing the person who will do the best job - an appointment based on what the candidate can DO, not on what they ARE? Skin colour & gender do not a good university president make, intellect and ability to lead and inspire all members of the institution do. If you are dead set on making a political appointment, pick one of the self-righteous clods from the Hill, see how badly they do. Because that's what a politically-motivated appointment will get you, a bad president.

Give it up, Paul. Claudine Gay's troubles had nothing to do with her race or sex. Here's an idea: Universities should hire and promote on academic grounds only, without care or concern for race, ethnicity, sex, gender, or any other non-academic factor.