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...response to professors’ concerns that restructuring the Faculty of Arts and Sciences could result in downsizing, FAS Dean Michael D. Smith emphasized the administration’s commitment to determining the Faculty’s priorities before undertaking large-scale cuts at yesterday’s Faculty meeting...
Reiterating his goal of broad-based “reshaping” of FAS to make up a $220 million deficit over the next two years—but characteristically shying away from discussing specific initiatives—Smith said the six working groups must reevaluate Faculty “excellence” in light of the budgetary crunch...
...annual Dean’s report with the financial data of FAS for the fiscal year ending July 2008 was supposed to come out this spring, but Smith said he will delay its release until the beginning of the next academic year. The upcoming report will outline FAS finance information for the most current fiscal year as well...
...also just uncomfortable as a thinking human being in accepting terminology that doesn’t seem to suit the situation,” Thomas said of Smith’s charge to “reshape” FAS. “I think we have different definitions of excellence...
Smith insisted that the reductions in faculty hiring still left Harvard in an “aggressive” position relative to its peers and that FAS will go ahead with 19 junior faculty searches next year...