Shots In The Dark: Larry Summers

Sunday, April 23, 2024

Larry Summers—Dissed by Tufts

Robert Sternberg, dean of Tufts' Faculty of Arts and Sciences, has this to say about leadership...with a little editorial aside from the Boston Globe.

"Our education system is idiotic," says Sternberg. ''We're actually going backwards. There's more emphasis on mindless thinking. What matters is how you use information. A manager won't last long on IQ alone." (Hello, Larry Summers.)

Ouch. While I think that the point is a fair one—heck, I pretty much said the same thing in this month's issue of Boston Magazine —that seems an underhanded way to make it—a little shiv between the ribs, as it were.

¶ 12:09 PM

Comments:

Have you seen this?
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=512948

# posted by Anonymous : 9:22 PM

That sound you hear is a 500K contract being torn in half.

# posted by Anonymous : 9:33 PM

Hee hee! (referring to the previous two comments)
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Far more schadenfreude for me in this story than in the Duke situation.

# posted by Anonymous : 1:03 AM

Is your article accesible through this link? I can't seem to find it.

# posted by Anonymous : 12:46 PM

Sadly, I couldn't find it either. The website is terrible. I think the issue is still on-stand, though. Or, if you want to e-mail me at [email protected], I can send you a PDF.

# posted by richard : 1:21 PM

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