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...accomplish his goals, Gross had to work within an administrative structure that does not give the College equal standing to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) or Harvard’s other prominent institutions such as the law or business schools. Rather than operate autonomously with its own budget, the College receives its funding from the FAS each year and the dean of the College reports to the FAS dean, rather than to the president. According to Gross, he has only seen Interim President Derek C. Bok three times this past year—at opening ceremonies...
...have more meetings with the president and the provost in the future," he said. "The structural position of Harvard College in the administration of the University is something I have discussed at length with the governing boards, as well as with [President-elect Drew G.] Faust and Mike Smith," Gross wrote in his e-mail to The Crimson...
Undergraduate Council President Ryan A. Petersen '08 described Gross as a "friend to Harvard undergraduates," adding that those who graduated the year of his appointment as well as those who just graduated this year can "all appreciate and identify in their own lives where Dean Gross has improved Harvard College...
...Gross's successes during his tenure came particularly from his efforts to work collaboratively with students, Petersen said, from the creation of the peer advising program, the Lamont Library Café, to the Cambridge Queen's Head...
Petersen also agreed that the position of the College dean relative to other University deans tied Gross's hands: "It's unfortunate that the restrictions on his position often made it difficult for [Gross] to do even more," he said...