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...surprised that this is emerging as an idea,” Krieger said. “I don’t see it as a crisis at the moment for Allston.” —Staff Writer Vidya B. Viswanathan can be reached at viswanat@fas...
...Both the FAS and the Medical School recently called for 10-15 percent reductions in their budgets, and just two days ago, top FAS deans told department chairs to pause the majority of current searches for tenure-track and tenured faculty...
...meeting of the full Faculty of Arts and Sciences yesterday afternoon, FAS Dean Michael D. Smith predicted that FAS—which the College falls under—would face an economic shortfall of at least $100 million next year...
Desperate times call for desperate measures. We have seen one million layoffs in the United States this year, many concentrated in specific industries such as automobiles and computer technology. And, although Harvard faces its largest budget shortfall in history, FAS has announced it will avoid having to fire employees in order to cut costs. Instead, department chairs were notified earlier this week that non-union salaries will be frozen and most searches for tenure-track and tenured faculty will be put on hold. While the salary freeze may be unfortunate, it is a fair and logical step given the dire...
CORRECTION: The Dec. 10 article, "Smith Asks for Budget Cuts" incorrectly calculated that eight new senior faculty and seven new junior faculty will join FAS if the pared-down searches all prove successful. In fact, seven new senior faculty positions and eight new junior faculty positions are currently being considered...