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Another GSD professor who is a supporter of Altshuler said last night that the discussion surrounding the dean??s leadership has been confined to “individuals and small groups” within the faculty...
...date of its release is not yet set. In yesterday’s brief message, Kirby wrote that “it is tempting to wait for more settled times before acting” on issues like the Harvard College Curricular Review, a central focus of the dean??s four year tenure. But he said that he and the Faculty Council, the Arts and Sciences arm’s 19-member governing body, “will focus our attention fully” on the review recommendations. Some recommendations of the curricular review, such as a proposal that...
When I first met Kirby as a freshman reporter at The Crimson, University Hall was a very different place, and Kirby—then in his second year as dean??seemed energetic and enthusiastic. But as the curricular review and the restructuring of University Hall went underway, Kirby seemed to close himself off from reporters, his tone marked by tight-lipped reticence, even weariness. The dean began to rely increasingly on FAS Director of Communications Robert Mitchell—who became a frequent fixture at interviews with high-level administrators—to provide reporters with packaged comments...
...From his failed endorsement of pre-registration to the faculty hiring slowdown this fall, Kirby incurred the wrath of the Faculty on a range of budgetary and leadership issues. The private minutes of the informal meetings of department chairs, obtained by The Crimson, called for more transparency in the dean??s decision making...
...goes without saying that, in the mayhem that ensued, my notes—and Kirby’s articulation of his role as dean??were left to gather dust...