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This was a year of new beginnings for the University and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), with a new president and a new dean at their helms. For University President Drew G. Faust, who was in the national spotlight as Harvard’s first female leader, the pressure was particularly strong. Fortunately for her and for the University, Faust proved up to the challenges of her inaugural year. She responded skillfully to the tasks before her, from her appointment of numerous administrators, to the creation of a task force aimed at increasing interdisciplinary cooperation in a field...
These cases of poor attendance, partly a result of an aging and entrenched Faculty, are not likely to be helped by FAS Dean Michael D. Smith’s decision to “pause” Faculty hiring during the next academic year, which will temper recruitment to only bring in enough Faculty to replace the number that leave or retire during the year. This plan ignores many of the gaps in the subject matter covered by the expertise of current faculty and will ultimately hurt departments’ academic flexibility...
...another instance of the current Faculty’s inertia has been its failure to address the shortcomings of FAS Computer Services. A February server failure cut off e-mail access for thousands of students desperate for contact with the rest of the electronic world. Occasional breakdowns, however, are not the greatest problems that plague the FAS e-mail system. As Undergraduate Council (UC) legislation in January sought to address, a troubling rule in the Student Handbook permits the Ad Board to look at students’ e-mails for disciplinary purposes—a clear violation of even...
While Rockefeller has bequeathed much to this University financially, more significant still will be the legacy of former Dean of FAS Jeremy R. Knowles, who died this past April. A towering figure in the modern history of the University, Knowles led the Faculty for 12 years and oversaw some of its most ambitious recent projects, such as balancing its budget in the early 1990s, opening the Barker Center for the Humanities, and renovating Memorial Hall after a devastating fire. We hope that many in the University administration choose to follow his example of visionary and active leadership...
...Hammonds begins her tenure as a member of a new administrative guard, joining University President Drew G. Faust and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Michael D. Smith, both of whom have just completed their first years in office, as well as Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Allan M. Brandt, who was appointed in December...