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Bok has explained his decision not to submit changes to a vote by describing calendar reform as “a University-wide question which affects everyone at the University and not a single Faculty alone.”
But actually altering room configurations through construction—by gutting and renovating interior spaces—is the most extensive, costly, and lengthy of the options under consideration. A decision to go with these full-fledged renovations would likely entail the additional construction of provisional housing space for students...
Jeremy R. Knowles was said to work 18 hours a day during his ten years as FAS dean—one of the most demanding positions at Harvard because of the relative lack of high-level officials that share the burden of decision-making.
The questions facing universities today are extraordinarily challenging. They include the correct balance among the sciences, humanities, and social sciences; the relationship between academia and the world at large; the role of the new media and its implications for traditional academic studies; and the composition of a satisfactory liberal arts...
Fortunately for Harvard, our President-elect has proven herself to be a careful decision-maker with the sound judgment it will take to face such issues—one who seeks input from a wide range of opinions. This doesn’t mean it will be easy. But such...