Word: deanships
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...This is the man who, upon being named dean, needed multiple meetings with his predecessor David R. Pilbeam to review a sheet of paper with a list of items Pilbeam thought would require particular attention. But Smith didn’t want the crash course in deanship to stop there...
...when Smith hit his second year, the answers came far less easily. The deanship of the Faculty has become “one of the most unenviable jobs in the world,” says History of Art and Architecture Professor Jeffrey F. Hamburger, an outspoken regular at Faculty meetings. With the financial crisis rocking a school accustomed to expansion, it became increasingly clear that cutting coffee and cookies from afternoon meetings would do little to save the strapped FAS budget...
...Kagan assuming the Deanship, she emerged as the leading candidate, along with Williston Professor of Law Robert H. Mnookin, well ahead of then-President Lawrence H. Summers’ decision. This time around, the field is more open, with a slate of seven internal candidates and, among those, three or four top candidates whom Faust is considering...
...Each of the top candidates brings a different set of skills and drawbacks to the deanship, and who Faust picks will ultimately depend on which priorities she deems most important for the future of the Law School and her relationship with...
...which individual ascends the Law School’s deanship may depend less on Faust’s preferences and more on who is willing to accept the post...