Word: fieldings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Professors cite McArthur's pivotal role in establishing an entrepreneurial studies program as an example of his willingness to explore new areas of business education even in the face of dissent. It was McArthur's effort to recruit a leading scholar in the field and secure necessary funding, says Associate Professor of Business Administration William A. Sahlman, which launched the program despite opposition from faculty members who considered the field unscholarly...
With McArthur's support, say Stevenson and Sahlman, the program has come to hold its own amidst more established departments. By next year, at least seven professors will teach entrepreneurial studies courses, and Sahlman estimates that half of all second-year students will take a course in the field...
...even if McKay accepts the post, students and some faculty members say the department's curriculum will still not be able to meet the needs of the growing number of undergraduates who want to take courses in the field...
...Spence says that list of courses may grow longer as FAS implements a new affirmative action plan designed to increase the number of minority professors. "There's a reasonable chance some of those people will indeed strengthen the field," says Spence...
Chief of Staff for the Vice President William Kristol '73 says he thinks that the people chosen for posts in the administration were selected because they were overwhelmingly qualified in their field, rather than for any Harvard connections...