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Despite recent chatter that the University plans on instituting mass layoffs later this month—after the conclusion of Commencement activities??both a union leader at Harvard and a University spokesman say that negotiations about staff reductions remain in the early stages, making any discussions of a timeline premature. “The persistent rumors out there [are] based on the mythology that the University is one big coordinated entity and that some Harvard office is the keeper of the list of people to be laid off,” said Bill Jaeger, director of the Harvard...
...bolster the place of arts on campus.The committee proposed the construction of major new arts facilities and sweeping changes to the undergraduate curriculum and graduate programs. Yet with a projected 30 percent decline in endowment value by the end of June, Harvard administrators are slashing budgets and curtailing University activities??including a slowdown in construction of the much-touted science complex in Allston. These cuts raise concerns about the possible implementation of the committee’s grand yet vague proposals.“When reports come out and call for very complicated and ambitious changes, there?...
...that could be more qualified to deal with humanitarian challenges have been unable to do so because of security or budget concerns, the speakers said. They also said that further problems have been caused by the small number of State Department officials—people with training in these activities??who are on the ground...
...might occur when providing long-term social benefits,” such as education. Audience member Harris Sussman, who runs the M.N. Adamov Memorial Fund to assist blind people in Russia, said he admired AKDN’s ability to offer such a “wide scope of activities?? while still “respecting and operating within these cultures.” —Staff writer Peter Zhu can be reached pzhu@fas.harvard.edu...
...Increasingly, courses and concentrations seem to take a backseat in determining one’s post-college life. Many students see liberal arts merely as a supplement to non-academic activities??a series of motions necessary to obtain a piece of paper certifying one as employable...