Shots In The Dark: Speaking of Boldness

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Speaking of Boldness

“[Harvard’s report] is bold, and I think it has the potential to change the context of the whole conversation at research universities about what we do with teaching.... That kind of thing has never been a big priority for universities, and maybe research universities in particular.”

—William Rando, director of the McDougal Graduate Teaching Center at Yale’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, in the Yale Daily News

“My impression is that Harvard is sort of rediscovering the wheel. [At Yale], there is already in place a stronger culture about the importance of teaching well, in particular undergraduates. No one is hired who wants a reduced teaching load, which you can do at some universities.”

—Yale history department chair Paul Freedman

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Comments:

Cech Withdraws from Presidential Search

http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=516733

What do you make of that, Richard?

# posted by Anonymous : January 31, 2024 11:14 AM

I'm confused by this article, and thought that this blog might be the place to go for the answer. The Financial Times seems to be reporting that Harvard ex-president Larry Summers has taken a position as the Managing Director of the DE Shaw hedge fund. Is this the hands-on, full-time position that it sounds like/ Will Summers still be affiliated with Harvard as a B-school professor?

# posted by Anonymous : January 31, 2024 2:00 PM

Sorry, I sent the following comment without remembering to add the link to the FT article I was citing:
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2007/01/31/2195/the-25-most-intriguing-hedge-funds/

# posted by Anonymous : January 31, 2024 2:01 PM

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