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Last year, the committee met with about a dozen concentrations, including the Faculty's largest--like Government and Economics--and others--like Fine Arts, Philosophy and Music--which are burdened with particularly heavy teaching commitments in the Core.
"I'm already quite clear that the legitimate educational objectives and commitments of the faculty are beyond the capacity of a faculty at this size to meet effectively," says Spence. "We're cutting corners."
Adding new faculty positions, depending on how they are allocated, could also increase the ratio of tenured positions to untenured ones, leaving relatively fewer junior faculty members to compete for more tenured spots.
But deciding where exactly to add new faculty members, assuming the resources are obtained to fund them, will be no easy task, professors and administrators say, as many departments compete for a relatively limited pool of money.
"The problem which always comes up in one context or another is the number of faculty we have," says Government Head Tutor Mark A. Peterson, whose remarks are echoed by members of many Harvard departments.