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...Given that nothing happens very quickly in academic life, I have concluded that the time is now at least to initiate the process of transition,” he wrote in a letter to the GSD community yesterday...
Altshuler’s tenure at the GSD is one of the shortest Harvard deanships in recent memory, and much shorter than the 12-year terms served by his two predecessors. Since taking office, he has boosted financial aid for students, strengthened the previously cash-strapped school’s financial position, and doubled the number of senior women faculty, according to a University statement...
...remaining months in office, Altshuler said he would focus in part on developing a five-year financial plan for GSD, completing faculty searches, and strengthening ties with other schools at the University...
Former University President Lawrence H. Summers, who first appointed Altshuler to be acting GSD dean in July 2004 and made him permanent dean seven months later, said in an e-mail that “in terms of positive accomplishment per year of service, few Harvard deans can match Alan Altshuler’s record...
Just before Summers announced his own resignation in February, Altshuler praised the president’s “extraordinarily effective” leadership. “I have never heard a GSD faculty member express anger at President Summers,” he told The Crimson at the time...