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...Those efforts helped to make her a candidate for the FAS deanship—and last spring she reportedly rose to the top of Interim President Derek C. Bok’s list of potential successors to Kirby...
...Professors say that Skocpol led a quiet campaign to lead the Faculty. But that campaign appeared to falter this spring, as the prospect of Skocpol’s promotion stirred strong opposition among some influential FAS professors and administrators, sources told The Crimson...
...despite the attention they garnered, most of the report’s proposals for now remain just that. In a FAS meeting last month, professors refused to approve the recommendation that professors be required to have courses with enrollments of five or more be evaluated by students, citing concerns about how the evaluations would be used...
...Having relinquished the reins of the graduate school and been passed over for the FAS deanship, Skocpol is now becoming an observer of what Harvard’s new set of leaders will make of her potentially far-reaching legacy...
...welfare and that of their members.” Bok also reflects on ways to improve teaching at Harvard—long a pet project of his, as illustrated by the center for teaching and learning that bears his name. Bok calls the recent report on teaching issued by FAS “splendid,” but he criticizes professors’ “passive resistance” to efforts to assess the quality of teaching and learning. The final section of the report centers on finding and training strong academic leaders, highlighting a timely concern as Faust...