Hey, let's rank the Nobel Prize educators

[interesteddad]

<p>sakky:</p>

<p>Read between the lines:</p>

<p>From the Boston Globe:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/02/01/a_top_contender_for_harvard_post_bows_out/[/url]”>http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/02/01/a_top_contender_for_harvard_post_bows_out/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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Nobel laureate Thomas R. Cech , a leading contender for the presidency of Harvard University, **unexpectedly withdrew **from consideration yesterday, sending a wave of uncertainty across campus about the search. Until yesterday, Cech and Drew Gilpin Faust , the dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, were the top two finalists, a person knowledgeable about the search committee’s deliberations said yesterday. The search was expected to end as early as this weekend, but Cech’s announcement could delay a decision.

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<p>From the Crimson:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=516733[/url]”>http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=516733&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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Cech’s surprise decision seems to throw the presidential search into limbo, as an announcement had been expected as early as this week. The Board of Overseers, whose approval is needed to select a president, convenes this weekend for a regularly scheduled meeting. Some had speculated that the search committee—comprised of the six members of the Corporation plus three members of the Board of Overseers—would present a name for the overseers’ approval at that meeting.

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<p>Of course, they didn’t “formally” offer him the position. Nobody is going to formally offer that position until they know the candidate will accept. Clearly Cech and Faust were the two final candidates. Could Cech have withdrawn his name because Faust was getting the nod? Sure. However, nobody at Harvard believes that. Faust was not named President for 12 days after Cech withdrew his name and no candidates were presented to the regularly scheduled Board of Overseers meeting five days after Cech withdrew, even though it had been anticipated that the meeting would approve a hire. Faust was presented to a second special Overseers meeting an additional week later.</p>