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...Romer and her husband David H. Romer, both currently economics professors at Berkeley, were expected to move to Harvard last May. While Romer’s husband received a tenure offer from Harvard, the University did not extend a similar offer to the newly-appointed CEA chair??a decision which sparked much debate among economists in academic circles nationwide. “She’s had a very impressive career,” said Mankiw, a close friend of the Romers who was David’s best man at their wedding...
...reform. The conflict of interest would lead to a federal lawsuit against Shleifer, one of his associates, and Harvard, resulting in a $26 million fine against the University and $2 million penalties apiece for Shleifer and the associate. When the dust settled, the University stripped Shleifer of his endowed chair??but not tenure—and the furor contributed to the ouster of Summers from the Harvard presidency...
...many of the areas he focused on while president, such as socioeconomic diversity, faculty-student interaction and education in the life sciences, and also suggested that institutions commit more to “active learning.” His warning against the “large podium, small chair?? mode of teaching, which he deemed “about the worst way to convey information so that it will be remembered and acted on,” struck a chord with some Tufts students in attendance. “I think that the active learning piece...
...Chair of the Classics Department and Professor of Greek and Latin Richard F. Thomas taught Freshman Seminar 37u: “Bob Dylan” in Fall 2004 and is the outgoing Arts Chair??s favorite person on campus...
This new department need not be a mammoth undertaking. The internal bureaucratic structure would include a department chair, a department chair??s assistant, a PE registrar, full time teacher-coaches, and part-time “guest” instructors. Although Harvard does not publicize faculty salaries, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported in 2002 that the average salary for a TA at a private university was $64,149. Assume a faculty of 50 (slightly less than three times as many as are hired to teach Wellesley’s 2,300 undergraduates) paid at this rate...