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...lofty yet intriguing promise to explore the “tenability of miracles” and other aspects of divinity. New courses abound in the department, presumably because of the usual turnover of visiting and junior faculty members noticeable within a small concentration. But the core senior faculty??including professors Warren Goldfarb, Thomas Scanlon, Gisela Striker, and Simmons—can be comforting as they lead you through their one-of-a-kind intellectual trial-by-fire...
Gordon added that the department’s last two external hires, Daniel L. Smail from Fordham University and Henrietta Harrison from Leeds University, also reflect the recent trend of appointing younger faculty??a practice encouraged by both former University President Lawrence H. Summers and former Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby...
...handed off the administration of the group to two new leaders at the end of the fall semester, the caucus had matured into a body that dealt with a far wider range of issues within the Faculty or Arts and Sciences (FAS), such as the curricular review and the Faculty??s long-term growth plans. Members had become more vocal in their criticisms of the perceived failures of the central administration.In many ways, McDonald had helped build the foundation for the group that exists today—a more-permanent body that now even plans to expand after...
...this focus on the undergraduate experience touted by Summers, some say, that has allowed the College to proceed with the launch of the Undergraduate Life Fund. Established in February under the auspices of the Harvard College Fund—which is controlled by the dean of the Faculty??the fund gives the College access to its own steady source of alumni funding for the first time in recent memory.“[The College] shouldn’t need the president of the University...to get a few million dollars in order to make necessary investments, like Loker...
...much public confusion over why Summers resigned, and the speculations are a Rorschach of the right’s views on what’s wrong with America. The consensus circles around two allegations. Some judge that elite university academics are lazy and complacent, while others have blamed the Faculty??s “political correctness”—which one alumnus defined as “exquisite sensitivity to minority issues.” Those who know that neither allegation is true leap to the conclusion that Summers was ousted by some tiny...