> The faculty shouldn't be stunned. Harvard has been reading the e-mail of students for a long time. Why should the faculty be any different? Are you sure you

> The faculty shouldn't be stunned. Harvard has been reading the e-mail of students for a long time. Why should the faculty be any different? Are you sure you went to Harvard? :) It's not a surprise that Harvard treats students and faculty differently. It would be a surprise if they did. The caste system is extremely strong, or at least it was when I was there (class of '96). And that's my read on this tale: the Harvard castes are re-aligning. Traditionally, it's been faculty at the top, with administration below. The administration is now rising, to the point that it feels it can pick off the lower rungs of the faculty, like the resident deans. This is a shift occurring all over academia, but perhaps a little later at the Ivies.