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...Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) will continue to grow, and appointments in science and engineering will fuel the bulk of that growth over the next few years, outgoing Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles wrote in a letter to professors yesterday...
Knowles, a chemist and an interim dean three months away from stepping down from the post, identified a dearth of scientists and poor student-faculty ratios as problems that should inform the future expansion of FAS. As new, high-cost science buildings go up in the North Yard, the stage seems to be set for an influx of scientists and engineers into the Faculty—nearly two years after former FAS dean William C. Kirby unexpectedly slowed Faculty growth...
...dean said scientists also had to be hired with an eye to improving how their disciplines are taught to undergraduates, concentrators and non-concentrators alike. “We must bring more of our non-science students to a more confident engagement with science,” he wrote...
...statement last Tuesday, Faust endorsed Skocpol’s efforts as GSAS dean. “I hope still to benefit from her ideas and her thoughtful counsel going forward,” Faust said...
CLARIFICATION: The April 2 news analysis "Behind the Scenes, Skepticism Over Skocpol's Rise" did not completely represent the views of History Department chair Andrew D. Gordon '74 on the resignation of Theda Skocpol, dean of Harvard's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. In addition to acknowledging disagreements with the dean, Gordon said "I've overall been very impressed with the job she's done, and I'm sorry that she is stepping down...