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President Drew G. Faust recently announced that Harvard’s endowment had tumbled 22 percent in the first four months of the fiscal year, losing approximately $8 billion out of $36.9 billion. Earlier this week, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith asked professors to consider how they could cut 10 to 15 percent of their departmental budgets...
...decision announced Monday to suspend all searches for new faculty goes against FAS dean Michael D. Smith’s statement in November that departments will continue searches they have already begun. Terminating searches will mean the school might miss out on hiring opportunities, especially chances to woo promising young professors. Fortunately, however, FAS has recognized that there may have to be exceptions to their no-search policy if, for instance, a window opens for a distinguished luminary to join the faculty or if a new position is desperately needed. Although only 15 ongoing searches remain, departments will likely still...
Sociology and African-American studies professor Michèle Lamont, an expert on the dynamics of social exclusion in France and the United States, was recently named the new diversity dean for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
After consulting widely with colleagues, FAS Dean Michael D. Smith chose Lamont almost a year after government professor Lisa L. Martin left the post to move to the University of Wisconsin—accusing Smith of a lack of attention to diversity...
Lamont said she hopes to focus on advising and educating fellow Faculty members. “The carrots and sticks are in Dean Smith’s hands,” she said. “I’m basically using my knowledge to advise him and to educate the Faculty...