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...consequences of a 25-percent cut,” says Adams House Master John G. “Sean” Palfrey ’67, who added that his most recent budget submission modeled a cut between 15 and 20 percent. “Just as the Dean has categories that absolutely cannot be touched, we are in the same situation. But the Houses have much less flexibility...
...Renewal Report cites the centrality of one such position: the assistant to the resident dean. These individuals are charged with several administrative tasks, including maintaining an average of 400 student files for current undergraduate residents and sending letters of recommendation for students applying to graduate, medical, or law schools...
...overshadowed by more high-profile University and College issues. Between 2005 and 2006, University President Lawrence H. Summers’s tumultuous relationship with the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and ultimate resignation shifted focus away from calendar reform, ultimately delaying the J-Term discussion.During this period, then-Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 made developing General Education, increasing student social space and improving student advising his priorities.In spring 2007, the Undergraduate Council reignited the discussion, calling for a student referendum on support for the calendar revision. Of the 3,467 students who voted...
...Solicitor General Elena Kagan introduced herself as just a “fellow graduate” upon her return to Harvard Law School yesterday, where she served as dean from 2003 until her Senate confirmation in March, As dean, Kagan built a legacy of student-oriented reform initiatives, As the Law School’s class day speaker, she placed the final seal on her deanship and urged the graduating class to seize the opportunities that have arisen from the economic recession. In her speech, Kagan offered career advice to a Law School class whose job searches were hit hard...
...male or female—look instead for indications that they (and you) have developed the judgment to broaden your bandwidth and cope with the wide range of new situations you are bound to encounter. That contextual intelligence will be the key to effective leadership.Joseph S. Nye, Jr., former Dean of the Harvard Kennedy School, is author of The Powers to Lead...