Word: fineberg
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...everyone has kind words for Fineberg himself. He is described as the kind of energetic, highly competent intellectual-administrator who would be an ideal Harvard president...
...internal candidate Fineberg is a known quantity highly vulnerable to criticism...
Nothing bad can be said about the substance of Fineberg's record, but a somewhat paradoxical criticism has emerged: sources on the Board of Overseers, in the central administration and in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) say they fear the strengthened provost's office created by Fineberg has diluted the autonomy of the University's faculties. Fineberg's very success may be his undoing...
...Fineberg took over the office as momentum for change gathered and he has been extraordinarily effective as provost. Consequently, he has become--for some--a magnet for resentment over these issues...
Publicly, FAS officials deny that tensions exist, but privately, some administrators say that they are concerned about Fineberg's activist role in academic matters...