Word: deanship
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...Theda Skocpol, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS), is also said to be in consideration for the FAS deanship, but her appointment is seen as unlikely, according to the three sources. Skocpol recently announced plans to leave her GSAS post after just two years in office, and some influential FAS professors and administrators have voiced skepticism about her viability for the deanship. A group of 13 professors, however, responding to reports of opposition to her candidacy, recently submitted a letter to Faust praising the GSAS dean for her “transparency, inclusiveness, and creativity...
Twenty years later, when she was offered the GSAS deanship, she had yet again ventured to the forefront of an administrative crisis as an outspoken critic of former University President Lawrence H. Summers. At the vanguard against Summers’ aggressive leadership style and his remarks concerning women and science, she led the Faculty in passing a docket motion censuring Summers’ conduct...
...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’s bid for the FAS deanship and, by many accounts, to Skocpol’s subsequent resignation when she realized her ambitions might not be realized...
Behind the scenes, however, Skocpol’s resignation coincided with what appeared be a wave of uncertainty about her candidacy for the deanship of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), one of Harvard’s most powerful posts...
Behind the scenes, however, Skocpol’s resignation coincided with what appeared be a wave of uncertainty about her candidacy for the deanship of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), one of Harvard’s most powerful posts...