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...University lost an effective, if sometimes divisive, administrator when Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) Dean Theda Skocpol resigned last Tuesday. In just two short years under her leadership, she has accomplished much, most prominently overseeing a broad rethinking of the way the Faculty teaches graduate students and undergraduates alike...
Skocpol’s penchant for controversy, however, has not been without its costs. Most notably, it recently backfired in her widely rumored campaign to become the next dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS). Her leadership style, which interim Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles tactfully termed “gently unambiguous,” proved to be the sticking point with many senior faculty members, recalling the strong-willed tendencies of Summers’ tenure. This ultimately led to University President Drew G. Faust voicing doubt about Skocpol?...
Despite the controversy surrounding her, we might never know whether Skocpol would have served capably as FAS dean. We are, however, appreciative of the job she has done as GSAS dean. Because of her initative, for example, the GSAS will require mandatory English testing for TFs starting next fall, in large part due to frequently voiced students complaints about their inability to comprehend their section leader. She has also been a strong advocate for mandatory TF evaluations in order to hold TFs accountable for their performance...
...years ago, Drew G. Faust was appointed dean of “Radcliffe.” The former women’s college had recently merged with Harvard College, and the new Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study was still searching for definition. Today, the Institute hosts a prestigious Fellows Program that fully incorporates the world of science. Faust’s leadership in bringing a successful science program to Radcliffe highlights the qualities that she will hopefully bring as Harvard University’s next president...
...Faust hired a Dean of Science, Barbara J. Grosz, only months after assuming her new job. Some doubts, however, persisted as to whether Radcliffe could be home to a successful science program without research facilities of its own. In the Winter 2007 Radcliffe Quarterly, Faust described the initial hesitation she encountered: “No one was sure whether the new Radcliffe Institute could or should undertake a robust science program...