Interesting quote attributed to Hoxby where she likens former President Bok to a "substitute teacher."

Hell, we could use more 'substitute teachers' like him; he's a class act who leads by example.
 

My sense, from the context of that quote, was that it went to the difficulty of having a temporary president, rather than any knock against Bok per se.
 

Harvard professors as hypocrites!? It can't be, can it. Unfortunately, all too often it is. If Professor Hoxby really feels this way about Harvard, why did she want to stay (if her husband got tenure).
 

In fairness to Hernandez and the Crimson, you should really have quoted the rest of the Stanford article:
"Hernandez told The Daily, however, that while Hoxby’s letter was indeed printed, no correction ever ran. The reporter, who later became The Crimson’s managing editor, said that emails and interview notes substantiate his reporting.

“In an interview with The Crimson and a follow-up email message, Hoxby repeatedly stated that she believed the challenges to her research were motivated in part by race and gender bias,” Hernandez wrote in an email to The Daily. “The Crimson stands by a fair and honest story that accurately reported Hoxby’s views.”
 

I was just about to say that, 9:32! Agreed. That's quite a bit stronger than "Hernandez defends himself."
 

It didn't exactly feel like like crisis mode when I was there, but nothing ever seemed settled. Part of the institutional culture -- since the place is so old and lasting, not many folks seem terribly concerned if things at the College are in flux for extended periods. You're always getting over something or moving toward something else. I can't speak for much beyond undergrads or FAS.

And whatever happened to Standing Eagle's exposé on the IOP? He (She?) already went after the roof parties at the Crimson.
 

Getting there. Any aspects of the IOP you think are particularly strong?

I'll post my IOP thoughts in the "Happy 4th of July" thread, so no one feels a conversation is being hijacked.

As far the school feeling unsettled, I think it could do a better job for its college students at expressing UNshifting values rather than always being so voluble about how things are always changing blah blah globalization blah.

More soonish --

SE
 

As somebody who has spoken with Hernandez for several stories, I can say that he is among the finest reporters this campus has ever seen. I hope my venerable former FAS colleague is simply misremembering what she said during this particular interview.