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...comment highlights that, beyond the need to adjust to a new financial reality, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences has very little in common with the private sector. FAS is a place that thrives on a productive sort of chaos, and we are known for our highly decentralized structure. But like the commercial institutions that successfully weathered the global financial crisis, we embraced change...
...what changed? Over the past 18 months, we have made prudent, structural adjustments to position FAS for a future of long-term, sustainable excellence. From enhancing academic planning to reconfiguring the functions that support our students and faculty, FAS has become a place driven by its academic priorities...
...addition, the recent rise in unrestricted giving has been a powerful engine for FAS during the financial storm. These generous gifts made an enormous difference in our ability to maintain our financial aid programs, continue essential services for our students, and launch new initiatives based on the most promising ideas of our faculty...
...size than in the past. The incoming graduate-student class will also be slightly larger than the last, and it boasts the highest admissions yield in recent history. Similarly, the yield in the College will exceed last year’s mark of 76 percent. The College and FAS continue to attract the world’s most outstanding faculty and students...
While we did give up some things over the past 18 months, Harvard remains an environment of unique depth and breadth. For instance, in FAS we offer instruction in more than 70 ancient and modern languages, far more than any other American university. No language programs were eliminated because of the financial crisis. In fact, we moved forward; this year we launched new “bridge” courses that integrate language instruction (such as Arabic and Chinese) into literature and other content instruction...