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Dean of the Graduate School of Education Patricia A. Graham surprised many education professors at Harvard and elsewhere when she announced her resignation last week...
...successor, professors say, will face dual challenges. First, a new dean will need to continue Graham's precedent of innovation and development. And in doing so, he or she must struggle to gain greater University support for one of Harvard's least-known and least-wealthy graduate schools...
...Graham, who will remain at Harvard as a part-time professor, will also assume the presidency of the Spenser Foundation, a Chicago-based research institution that provides $8 to $10 million in education-related grants per year. The job is recognized as one of the nation's most influential education positions...
...Graham is no stranger to influential positions. Education leaders say that Graham's nine years here have made a definite impact, not only on the School of Education, but also on national trends in education. Colleagues have praised Graham's ability to fuse research and practice in the field of education, as well as her initiative in shifting the Education School's focus back to the classroom...
Administrative Dean Joel C. Monnell praises Graham for "getting the school of education back closer to what's going on in the schools...