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...think it's one of the great successes of the last two years here," Fisher says. "The next step is how do you get the great sociologists, political theorists, and other components of a department like that...
...Fisher says the stabilized department is now ready for growth out of the humanities and into other scholarly fields...
Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles laudsGates' work with the department in his first year.And Fisher says Gates' appointment and the growthof Afro-Am was a major accomplishment for DerekBok's final year in the presidency...
Whatever happens with the deanship, says English Department Chair Philip J. Fisher, the years under President Neil L. Rudenstine are likely to carry an increased emphasis on undergraduate education--partly because of Rudenstine's long-demonstrated interest in the area, and partly in reaction to former President Derek C. Bok's legacy of strengthening Harvard's graduate schools...
...that's true, then the low-key English scholar has an important role to fill--and Fisher says his reflectiveness and fairness will serve him well. "He has experience, he has energy, he has thoughtfulness that will be respected," Fisher says. "This is a real job, as opposed to a post. There's something to be done there...