State of Ivy League Universities

How far out of the mainstream must Harvard be if a lifelong Democrat and member of former President Clinton's cabinet like Larry Summers is considered not leftist enough to lead the university. Jeff Jacoby has an article looking at why Summers was forced out as Harvard's President.

HARVARD'S 27TH president announced his resignation last week, but Lawrence Summers's fall from grace actually began on Oct. 26, 2001, less than four months after his presidency began. That was the date on which he addressed the annual public service awards banquet at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and had the temerity to speak favorably of American patriotism -- and, even more audaciously, to express admiration for the men and women who serve in the US armed forces.