Email Search Scandal
After New Email Search Revelations, Faculty Question Balance of Power
A recent string of top-down administrative decisions, culminating in revelations Tuesday that Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds broke faculty email privacy policy in authorizing the search of a resident dean’s email accounts, has faculty members calling for a broad reconsideration of their own governance.
Faculty Meeting Plans to Address Honor Code, Email Searches Not On Agenda
Even though a long-awaited discussion on a school-wide honor code will take precedence on the agenda of this month’s Faculty meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, professors said they still expect to find time to discuss secret email searches uncovered in early March.
Revelation of Second Email Search Contradicts Administrators' Previous Statement
Contradicting a previous statement, Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds told faculty at their monthly meeting Tuesday that she authorized a second round of secret email searches that probed the faculty and administrative accounts of a single resident dean identified as having leaked confidential information about the Government 1310 cheating case.
Faust Was Unaware of Secret Email Search
University President Drew G. Faust was kept in the dark about the secret administrative search of resident deans’ email accounts to trace the origin of a media leak, she said in a statement Monday.
Professors Call Ethics of Email Search Into Question
Just a day after news broke that Harvard administrators had secretly searched the email accounts of 16 resident deans, professors said the University may have overstepped its bound, calling its own policies into question.
Administrators' Statement on Secret Email Searches Leaves Questions Unanswered
Top University officials offered an explanation of how and why they accessed resident deans’ email accounts in a statement Monday that left unanswered questions about whether the Harvard administration broke its own email privacy policy.
Administrators Secretly Searched Resident Deans' Email for Cheating Scandal Leak
Harvard administrators secretly accessed the email accounts of 16 resident deans in an attempt to determine who leaked communication regarding the Government 1310 cheating scandal that made its way to the media, the Boston Globe reported on Saturday evening.
