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Discussions about a faculty retirement plan have been in the works for well over a decade, according to former University Provost Jerry R. Green. But the recent implementation of the package comes at an opportune moment for a University in the throes of financial distress.
When he arrived on campus in 1961 as an assistant professor, Neurosciences Professor John E. Dowling said that the expectation was that only a handful of the other assistant professors in the field would be awarded tenure at Harvard. Dowling even left for Johns Hopkins University before being invited back...
“One good thing about aiming to get younger faculty is that if you bet on the right faculty, you get them at the peak of their productivity,” says Deanna Dalrymple, department administrator of the history of art and architecture department.
As senior advisor to the Dean on Faculty Development and Diversity, Lamont has universalized a mentorship program originally targeted at matching female junior faculty with members of the senior faculty.
These more experienced individuals provide their mentees with suggestions on fruitful areas of research to pursue and connections to other academic heavyweights in the field, shaping the younger individuals to become formidable candidates for tenure at Harvard.