Summers I'm sure gets paid at least twice what Churchill gets paid.
The no confidence vote probably means absolutely nothing legally. It's just a political move, designed to embarrass him into resigning.
University presidents are judged by a completely different set of standards from professors. Summers probably has tenure too, so the worst that could happen to him is that he could be kicked out of his presidentship. He could probably still teach at Harvard for the rest of his life, if he wanted to.
I don't have any sympathy for Summers whatsoever, even though I think the only thing wrong with what he said is that it was diplomatically inappropriate.
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