Word: centralism
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...Himself a champion of unification, former University President Lawrence H. Summers made his mark by launching initiatives like the consolidation of donor information from the different schools to facilitate central fundraising, but he was prone to eschew consensus decision-making in favor of speedier directives...
...financial side, Harvard’s various entities behave independently enough to engender some seemingly absurd transactions: in 2006, the central administration, looking for room to expand, purchased Mass. Hall from FAS after renting part of the building for years. And in a role reversal, the salesman then became the renter when FAS, needing more dorm space for undergraduates, announced this April that it would pay the University to use the space it once owned...
...outlet. The 272-seat theatre features state-of-the-art lighting, a mechanized orchestra pit, and a rehearsal and performance space as large as its main stage. Its location, Faust observed in remarks at the Theatre’s opening, “literally and figuratively made arts more central at the University...
...Making arts more central at Harvard has been one of the defining themes of Faust’s brief tenure as president. As Megan put it, she has attempted to support the community in “small but substantive ways,” such as setting up a student art exhibit in Mass. Hall or simply attending several undergraduate productions...
...Pedagogy was not central to his tenure case, Antràs professed, as he has taught mostly “very small” courses...