(Yet) Another Resignation at Harvard
Mark R. Rosenzwieg, the director of Harvard's Center for International Development, has resigned because of a lack of support from Larry Summers, according to Zachary M. Seward and Daniel J. Hemel
in The Crimson.
What's intriguing about this story is that Summers has often spoken of his desire to promote a greater international focus at Harvard. It's a constant theme of his speeches and the always entertaining curricular review. So why refuse to fund CID?
“Some think that President Summers wants to (perhaps sub-consciously) organize the study of development around himself, and that is why little or no resources are provided to CID,” Rosenzweig wrote in an e-mail to the Crimson.
Another reason for Summers' distaste for CID: It was founded by his old rival,
Jeffrey Sachs, now at Columbia and making headlines with his plans to lift the world's poor out of poverty. Sachs left Harvard...let's see...at about exactly the moment Summers arrived. Coincidence? I think not.
Rosenzweig is headed to Yale, which is probably why he's so candid about Summers' relationship with CID. But there's another possibility that could make for interesting Harvard-viewing: the events of last spring, as well as the mid-summer resignation of Corporation member Conrad Harper, have emboldened the Harvard faculty to start calling 'em like they see 'em.
In any event...it's (yet) another resignation at Harvard.
