Word: departmentment
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...senior faculty members to act as spokespersons for each department's recruiting efforts. Unfortunately, most of this vision did not survive the steering committee. The proposed senior faculty representatives were replaced by department chairs. Independent faculty representatives would be more likely to put the goals of their position before departmental chumminess. And many department chairs, already overtaxed with a wide range of administrative duties, are often so concerned with the images of their fiefdoms that incisive criticism is likely to be squelched...
ANOTHER casualty of the Faculty Committee was the Verba Report's recommendation that departmental affirmative action representatives form a standing faculty committee that would evaluate each department's progress. This committee would be headed by an associate dean for affirmative action. With regular meetings and a focused agenda, this committee might have been the engine of recruiting reform at Harvard...
reports from the department heads to the new Associate Dean for Affirmative Action, Berkman Professor of Economics Andreu Mas Colell.
Mas-Colell seems genuinely dedicated to creating a more balanced Faculty. The MSA should cultivate a strong working relationship with him. Mas-Colell, for his part, should establish the credibility of his office early and hold the department chairs' feet to the fire. Just as important, he should push the...
WASHINGTON--President Reagan's advisers yesterday recommended curtailing deposit insurance for bank and savings and loan accounts, triggering swift negative reaction from Congress and the Treasury Department.