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...economics department’s hypothetical long-term plan is to hire up to three staff concentration advisers, who will replace all seven graduate advisers. Though the number of economics advisers would be cut by more than half, the department’s hope is that the incoming staff adviser would bring a specialized interest...
...stringent hiring trend posed a stark contrast to the tremendous prosperity of the preceding years: in the decade prior to the financial crisis, the professoriate grew by roughly 20 percent—from 589 to 712 individuals—and plans were in place to hire as many...
...although 10 history Ph.D. students were offered tenure-track positions at various universities, Cohen says that the history department has used what “limited budget we got from University Hall” to hire its own students, “to help them survive in these difficult times...
...program, which recruited 21 Ph.D.s for a one-year teaching and research fellowship, was initially conceived as a cost-cutting mechanism. Since the hiring slowdown limited the number of new lecturers FAS could hire last year, the new program provided a much cheaper alternative...
...University’s offering of early retirement packages to professors is another choice that, although necessary in these circumstances, could undermine students’ academic experiences by eliminating some of the most experienced faculty at Harvard. Although this does offer the opportunity to hire new younger faculty, the net effect of the attrition and replacement may be different in different departments, depending on Harvard’s hiring priorities. We hope that Harvard does not have to diminish any area of its course offerings as a result of professors leaving. That said, some measures that the University is taking...