“She came into the school when costs were rising and our income was falling,” Willett said. “She replaced senior administration and had the place audited.”
Summers and Lagemann have also stated their desire to use the GSE’s resources to improve American public education.
“Ellen deserves enormous administrative credit for overhauling the school,” Hyman said. “I have nothing but praise for Ellen’s stewardship.”
Many other GSE faculty declined to comment yesterday.
—Joshua P. Rogers contributed to the reporting of this story.
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—Staff writer Evan H. Jacobs can be reached at ehjacobs@fas.harvard.edu.
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