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...search for a new dean of Harvard College reached its end Tuesday with the selection of Evelynn M. Hammonds, currently the senior vice provost for faculty development and diversity. This appointment should come as good news to the College community, both because of Hammonds??s proven record as a talented and respected administrator and because of the circumstances surrounding her appointment, which portend an expansion of the scope of the College dean’s authority.To be sure, we would be remiss to ignore the scarcity of undergraduate administrative experience in Hammond’s résum?...
Evelyn B. Higginbotham, the chair of the African and African American Studies department, and Anne Harrington, the chair of the History of Science department, both expressed their excitement about Hammonds?? appointment and praised her abilities as a scholar...
Harrington added that Hammonds?? work in the provost’s office will add “breadth of vision...
Pilbeam, who has declined in-person interviews with The Crimson since December, wrote in an e-mail that he is “thrilled” about Hammonds?? appointment...
...reform of the University’s family policies, some questioned whether the narrow focus fully addressed the problems contributing to a dearth of women in Harvard’s senior ranks.The report, which deals broadly with issues of faculty diversity, is the first to be publicly released by Hammonds?? office, established last July at the recommendation of two task forces on women. The forces were created in the uproar following outgoing University President Lawrence H. Summers’ Jan. remarks about the “intrinsic aptitude” of women for science.Hammonds said the childcare initiatives...