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...professors at large research Universities—career academics whose children tend to be more likely to pursue their own Ph.D.s—are inclined to send their offspring to smaller schools, where they know they will be able to get attention from faculty. For his part, James H. Stock, chair of the Harvard economics department, cited the College’s attempt to provide personal advice and individualized counseling as a reason for the large number of eventual economics doctorates...
...from the strategic payout program—which grants high-priority projects across the University modest increases in endowment funding—came shortly after schools received notice that only programs already receiving the funding would be eligible to use strategic payout funds next year. Former University President Lawrence H. Summers originally conceived the program to up the payout rate from the endowment while avoiding a blanket funding increase that he said could encourage programs not in need of additional money to waste resources. “There are undoubtedly particular people with particular projects who are focused on their...
Last year, when the Harvard government department organized a meeting for alumni, current professors were asked to give a presentation on their projects and research. One participant was former professor and department chair Samuel H. Beer, who gave a short statement about the nuances of political science during his tenure at Harvard from 1946 to 1982.“He completely stole the show,” said government professor Stanley Hoffmann, a former student of Beer’s. “[The current professors] were all preempted by the master, who spoke without notes, remembering everyone and everything...
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