Radcliffe's vocal constituencies have pulledWilson in opposite directions, and McIntosh saysshe has failed to keep different factionstogether.
"Alumnae," McIntosh says, "have been immenselydisrespected."
Administrators working in the veryinfrastructure Wilson created give her high marksfor overseeing Radcliffe's diverse needs.
"The staff like her," says Annette T. Bonasoro,Radcliffe's director of human resources. "Theyrecognize that being a leader is not an easy thingfor anyone today."
While Wilson garners both criticism and praisefor her work at Radcliffe's helm, the varyingopinions point to the difficult balancing act thatRadcliffe College itself plays within the world ofHarvard University and the challenges of definingan appropriate role for the college with nostudents in the decades to come.
"Is it a complicated relationship?" Clendenningasks. "Yes. There is no combination like Radcliffeand Harvard in the U.S. or even the world.