[underseacables]

I think Harvard has wrapped itself in an echo chamber and views itself as, well, invincible. Nothing can hurt Harvard. Nothing can tarnish its reputation. It doesn’t need anyone, with the money it has in the bank, and I think all of those billions has fulfilled the adage that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

[x86_64Ubuntu]

Did you read the resignation letter? It had pretty much nothing to do with "corruption" or absolute power.

[freshdonut]

Did you read the resignation letter? I thought it was pretty obvious that corruption - maybe in a less sinister form - was the underlying reason for the issues he brought up.

[elefanten]

Given how wrapped the letter is in one-sided rhetoric and how full it is of sweeping, dismissive accusations such as "we all knew the mendacious reasons had nothing to do with academic standards"... how exactly do extract an "obvious" takeaway about the underlying events?

[x86_64Ubuntu]

He spoke about Palestine and not getting enough condolences for his mother's death. Neither of those subjects jump out as "corruption".

[dmos62]

Apathy and politicaly-motivated administration is corruption of a collegial environment and academic responsibilities.

[underseacables]

Did you even read the HckrNews rules?

“Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that."”

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

[soundnote]

Their endowment is was $39 billion (yes, b, not m) back in 2018 according to WSJ.