March 8, 2002

When a President Asks the Big Questions

To the Editor:

Richard Chait's question -- "Just what questions can the president of the university ask tenured faculty members, and how should those questions be posed?" -- should provide faculty members with the impetus to examine our prevailing ideas of the university ("Why Shouldn't Harvard's President Ask Tough Questions?," The Review, February 1).

Harvard University's new president, Lawrence H. Summers, has been asking his faculty members very tough questions about their

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