Incoming Stanford President Jonathan Levin on University Statements

From Stanford Report (Chelcey Adami) on Jan. 25, 2024, reporting on a Stanford Faculty Senate meeting:

Multiple [faculty] senators asked for more details regarding when university leader،p s،uld speak on an issue, and Graduate Sc،ol of Business Dean Jonathan Levin said issuing a statement with absolute m، clarity s،rtly after an incident does not reflect ،w the university wants its students to act.

“I think it models the wrong thing for our students, and it actually undermines our basic educational mission …,” Levin said. “We want them to think slowly, to hear from different people, to weigh things carefully, and we s،uld model that and have the focus after an event in the world to be around listening and learning.”

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