Word: ares
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"Every athlete that the JAFA invited accepted," Bukata said. "All the good Ivy seniors are going--bar none."
"I believe that Harvard is the leader in American higher education today, as it has been for a century," Spence wrote, in uncharacteristically sweeping language. "If we are imaginative and aggressive, take carefully calculated risks, and are properly financed we will remain so."
In an interview this week, Spence called the priorities "half-established," saying they are still subject to faculty discussion and governing board approval.
But until then, Spence and other administrators are laying the groundwork for expansion, coming up with detailed plans for FAS' future and deciding how to sell them to Harvard's alumni. Last Sunday, Spence and several associate deans met with members of the Board of Overseers to explain those plans...
Spence proposed the gradual establishment of 40new non-science professorships; the FAS currentlyhas about 800 members, many of whom are in thesciences. Depending on how many are tenuredpositions, the price tag could fall anywherebetween $40 and $90 million, according to afundraising source.