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The emphasis on advising highlights the consequences on pedagogy and student-faculty interaction that the restructuring may have.
“I’m certainly hopeful that our increased emphasis on appointing scholars at an early career stage will contribute to the diversity of our Faculty given that the younger cohort of scholars are more diverse than more senior cohorts,” Summers said at a...
However, the people replacing the retiring white men are of a different breed altogether. Trower says that the next generation of academics—both male and female—places a higher value on quality of life than its predecessors. This new emphasis might be chasing young scholars away...
And despite Summers’ and Kirby’s emphasis, it is still unclear whether Harvard’s junior faculty this year were more likely to be promoted.
The school, he says, should focus on “forging closer connections with the practice of education and increasing emphasis on teacher training, preparing people to work in public schools.”