"I don't think people should stay oninstitutions after they have had a job of thiskind. I think it makes it too difficult for peopleto change things," he said.
Rudenstine, however, termed McArthur'sdeparture a "one-year sabbatical" and said that hewould try to get McArthur to return to theBusiness School "if he can be coaxed."
McArthur said that he would be quite happy ifthe Business School were to continue to becompetitive in the coming years.
"It think we're in fantastic position,"McArthur said, adding, however, that he thoughtthat all of the top business schools were atapproximately the same level.
Specifically, McArthur pointed out that becauseall the people who had developed "Leadership andLearning" are staying, he does not see any dangerof the new programs running into trouble.
In his letter, though, he did write that thereare major challenges facing the school includingrising costs and threats to academic freedom fromthings like political correctness.
McArthur said that the most important change inthe school since he has been there has been theincreasing diversity--with increasing numbers ofinternational students, women and minorities.
Rudenstine took issue with McArthur'scharacterization of merely keeping the schoolgoing, calling his work building the school"extraordinary."
McArthur also said he had no worries that hisdeparture would effect the school's fund-raisingefforts.
"If I had to bet, I'd bet a bunch of my friendssend in an extra check this year," he said.
On a related note, Rudenstine said that donorsto the University's $2.1 billion capital campaignhad reacted "very favorably" to his three-monthmedical leave of absence.
The Succession
Speculation has already begun as to who will beMcArthur's successor.
A half dozen professors contacted yesterdaymentioned Robinson Professor of BusinessAdministration James I. Cash as one of the leadingcontenders for the position.
Cash is currently in charge of the MBA programand was also the leader of the Leadership andLearning project.
Also mentioned repeatedly as a possiblecandidate was Figgie Professor of BusinessAdministration Kim B. Clarke'74