President of Harvard Gets No Confidence Vote

It shows just how far out of it academia is when they view even a liberal democrat such as Larry Summers as unacceptable.

The vote, 218-185, was largely symbolic. The FAS is one of 10 faculties that comprise the university, and Summers reports to the Harvard Corporation (search), the university's governing board, which has expressed its support for him.


But the unexpected passage of the vote was nonetheless a significant setback to Summers' efforts to rebuild his standing with Harvard's faculty in the wake of the uproar over his comments about women in science at an academic conference in January.


The measure stated simply: "The Faculty lacks confidence in the leadership of Lawrence H. Summers."