2008 Woodie Awards
Prez's Yale tenure may offer glimpse into Duke's future
By: Chelsea Allison
Issue date: 11/5/07 Section: News
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Brodhead's third term as dean of Yale College began July 1, 2003, barely five months before he was appointed the ninth president of Duke.
He graduated from Yale in 1968 and received his doctorate in English in 1972 before joining the faculty of the Ivy League institution. He was named dean of Yale College in 1993, a post that combines aspects of Duke's provost and dean of the faculty of Arts and Sciences positions.
The deanship surveys all of Yale's 5,200 undergraduate students and acts as the head of faculty, reporting to both the provost and the president, Brodhead said.
"The interest of the job was that it drew everything together," he said. "I was generally regarded by faculty as the leader of the faculty. And [to] students... I spoke on behalf of their education."
Many said he was considered wildly popular by both students and administrators, in part because he knew the college so well.
"He inspired students and faculty alike with his sensitive, perceptive and brilliant speeches," Richard Levin, president of Yale University, wrote in an e-mail. "He was beloved for his easy and friendly rapport with students. And he was deeply respected by the faculty for his wisdom and good judgment."
While at Yale, Brodhead chaired the largest undergraduate education overhaul the college had seen in 30 years.
Part of the revamping was the Committee on Yale College Education, a comprehensive academic review released in April 2003.
The report recommended an increase in faculty, vouched for the creation of a science teaching center on the university's central campus and called for changes in distributional requirements.
Although he left for Duke before seeing the implementation of these recommendations through, Brodhead was still able to incite change.
"Every aspect of what we call the 'Brodhead Report' has been successfully implemented during the past four years," Levin said.
It was Brodhead's passion for undergraduate education that made him an appealing candidate to succeed Nannerl Keohane in 2004, Peter Nicholas, then-chair of the Board of Trustees, told The Chronicle in 2004.
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Duke parent
posted 11/05/07 @ 9:33 AM EST
Where was President Broadhead's "judgment" for the last 18 months? In hiding? From what?
alumnus
posted 11/05/07 @ 9:34 AM EST
whoa whoa whoa.
Who says the lacrosse hoax is behind Mr. Brodhead? Where did you get that impression? What's that statement doing in a news story?
You also call Brodhead's Financial Aid Initiative "massive. (Continued…)
roper
posted 11/05/07 @ 9:44 AM EST
Richard Brodhead appears to have many admirable qualities. The ability to demonstrate moral courage and leadership in a crisis, including the defense of civil liberties for members of his own community, are not among these. (Continued…)
Dukebasketball
posted 11/05/07 @ 10:15 AM EST
He NEEDS to be a "long time champion" of basic liberties. No one will ever take him seriously. Anyone who looks at him just ses the embarassment of the LAX case. (Continued…)
Yale tenure
posted 11/05/07 @ 10:16 AM EST
First, let us be clear that Duke is not Yale. It is Broadheads fault that he chose to stay at one university for his entire career, and not develop his career further by experiencing other places of higher education. (Continued…)
Ken Larrey
posted 11/05/07 @ 10:32 AM EST
Declaring that the lacrosse case is "almost behind him" is not simply uninformed, it is downright dishonest. The Chronicle knows full well that the Blue Committee has just gone into deliberation to evaluate Brodhead's performance. (Continued…)
Ken Larrey
posted 11/05/07 @ 10:47 AM EST
And I might as well point out the title of that article:
Author: Lacrosse case will 'get uglier'
Hershel Parker
Hershel Parker
posted 11/05/07 @ 12:57 PM EST
Now in his tardy excuse for an "apology" Richard Brodhead wants a committee to tell him what lessons he needs to learn, and in a new puff piece in the Chronicle he wants it made clear that the "lacrosse scandal" (a misnamed scandal) is behind him. (Continued…)
DANinZA
posted 11/05/07 @ 1:00 PM EST
Dear Chelsea,
Congratulations on your appointment as the replacement for John Burness! Is this appointment not in conflict with your role on the Chronicle; a publication supposedly editorially independent of the Duke Admin?
The Administration has not yet settled with the remaining lacrosse players, the Presler lawsuit is still pending, and the indicted players' lawsuit against Durham; which will inevitably involve discovery of Duke's, Brodhead's and Steel's role in the railroading of the indicted three has yet to begin. (Continued…)
Econ. Faculty
posted 11/05/07 @ 1:16 PM EST
I believe that Ms. Chelsea has a very promising future in front of her. She shows a remarkable, precocious familiarity with the art of abject, gushing derriere-kissing, on the par with the greatest derriere-kissers of all times, the people sending "Dear Leader" letters to beacons of righteousness and freedom such as Stalin, Hitler, or Mao Zedong. (Continued…)
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