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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Play stupid games….win stupid prizes

Don’t use merit as the reason to hire someone, you lose every time. Sometimes the loss comes quickly; other times it takes a little time, but it eventually arrives.

Those of us who own/operate a business know this. Thank god I don’t have to deal w a Board full of all these “intellectuals”.[/quote]

This is about antisemitism as defined by a billionaire. He is fine with his wife plagiarizing but wanted to remove the hardcore antisemitics at Harvard, Penn, etc. Next he will go after professors and students. Oh look he is moving on to phase two already. Lots of conservatives types will be out next.[/quote]

This is about an under-qualified hire in a leadership role. Gay has been fast tracked to the detriment of Harvard and other, far more qualified people, including other minorities. A candidate that is vetted with any rigor for honesty, accomplishment  and leadership would have allowed Harvard to avoid this whole mess.  DEI masked her inabilities and Harvard is paying dearly. [/quote]

Yes. Would be curious to know how the Board dealt with this.

It's not like there's a shortage of candidates who aren't white middle aged males.

But they went with a mediocre person with an unimpressive academic or leadership record who contextualizes genocide and doesn't even have the wherewithal to show even a little bit of respect to Congress. The sneering arrogance was so counter productive and unwise. And the dumb statements.

Academia is in a bubble these days. [/quote]

How do you know she isn't qualified or was a mediocre candidate? So we know about the latest info, but before that people were saying that. How do you know she isn't an amazing leader. Maybe she was amazing with donors before this. Maybe she was amazing with staff and students. What makes you qualified to know more? What does the President of a university need? They are all very different. Some are impressive, some aren't, but how do you know?[/quote]

At a minimum the President of a University (as well as professors) need to have ethics and a moral code.[/quote]

Her "ethics" are hers AND the Harvard boards', that choose to cater to "oppressed" peoples. Elite institutions are dumbing down their own curricula to cater to this mission rather than being an elite place of learning for all qualified students (and, admittedly, legacies).

There has to be a way to pull people up without having to dumb other people down. All we will end up with is a mediocre society.[/quote]

Apparently, the "code of the road" dictates that some professors need not have ethics or follow a moral code. Hat tip to Ackman for that recently evolved distinction.[/quote]

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