Word: collaborationism
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His focus on core priorities dates back to the summer of 2008, when FAS established a commitment to what the FAS Planning website broadly labels “essential curricular needs, intellectual priorities that will strengthen departments and centers, and interdisciplinary collaboration.”
According to Herman “Dutch” B. Leonard ’74, who holds a dual appointment at Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School and served on the search committee that recently selected the new Business School Dean, Faust made a deliberate effort to choose candidates...
Yet the topic of cross-faculty collaboration continues to intrigue Faust, who becomes noticeably excited when discussing the possibilities for breakthroughs when researchers work together.
Autonomy at the schools has served the University well, but has also resulted in bureaucratic obstacles that hinder efforts to promote cross-Faculty collaboration.
To combat the deep-rooted bureaucratic barriers between schools, Faust has designated University-wide themes—human rights, global health, and library reform are a few examples—and established new institutes that serve as magnets, Leonard says, pulling professors together from across disciplines. These provide environments more...