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Last year, the first round of budget cuts bid farewell to hot breakfast, the Widener Café, and free coffee in many of Harvard’s departments. Even after the administration offered eligible staffers early retirement packages in order to cut costs, Dean Michael Smith said there was still more hacking to go and to expect a restructuring of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. However, last week’s announcement that the administration is offering early retirement packages to faculty in FAS and four of Harvard’s professional schools comes...
Beyond the turnover in professors, we are also concerned with the number of professors that Harvard will be left with after the package takes effect. Dean Smith has clearly stated that he intends to shrink faculty; we are worried that such a change will adversely affect class offerings and, importantly, class sizes. Small class settings and the breadth of our course offerings are vital to the undergraduate experience, and we hope they are not sacrificed for financial reasons. Moreover, small departments, especially those that are composed of committees, might be more negatively affected than others which have more professors...
...letter, sent on Friday to University President Drew G. Faust, Provost Steven E. Hyman, and Faculty of Arts and Science Dean Michael D. Smith, follows a report released last month by a University Task Force suggesting that Harvard could no longer “harbor delusions of being a completely comprehensive collection.” The University will need to drastically restructure its “labyrinthine” library system in the face of budgetary pressure, the report said...
...Dean Smith wrote in an e-mailed statement that “it is my firm belief that everyone at Harvard appreciates and understands the importance and value of our library system...
House Master vacancies are filled by Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds. By the end of the year, she will have had to fill five of the 12 Houses' top slots during her two-year tenure, having filled Master positions in Pforzheimer and Winthrop Houses earlier in the calendar year...