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...town hall meeting last week, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith said that he had identified some reductions in discretionary spending but that these only accounted for about a third of the unprecedented $220 million deficit. Though the faculty is edging toward layoffs and has already mothballed construction projects, it is unlikely that these will be enough to plug the deficit. Instead of obfuscating and offering platitudes, university administrators ought to get serious about fiscal reform. To that end, Harvard’s leaders must lead by example and call for more shared sacrifices from...
...starters, Harvard’s top brass should reduce their own salaries. This goes for the president, the provost, the deans of the faculty and College, and all of their top managers. During his last year as president, Lawrence H. Summers earned just under $600,000. In general, deans make good money too: according to her federal disclosure forms, former Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan earned $437,000 last year. Pay cuts of $50,000 to $100,000 for each senior manager would show that they too are feeling the pain of the downturn and could save well over...
...staff assistant—a position called the assistant to the resident dean in some Houses—is closely involved in the paperwork related to pre-law, pre-med, and graduate school records and letters...
...Potential changes to the staff assistant position reflect Dean of the Faculty Michael D. Smith’s comments during Tuesday’s town hall meeting, when he called for a broad-based restructuring of the College in response to a budget deficit of $220 million...
...potential for House staff layoffs comes in the wake of College Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds’ release of the Report on Harvard House Renewal earlier this month, a report that calls for sweeping, specific improvements to House life...