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Currently, the departments of History and History of Science share staff support after a merger in November. The merged administrative body was formed to adjust to reduced staff numbers in the aftermath of last year’s layoffs and early retirement program.
“This could be the model for the future,” said History of Science Chair Anne Harrington ’82 of the pilot program.
Currently, five staffers located at offices at 17 Sumner Road manage the finances and provide staff support for the History and History of Science departments. The two departments shared salary costs this year, but the Social Sciences Division will cover salaries and pay for the facility next year, eliminating the...
The idea for the staff merger emerged last year when the History and History of Science departments lost eight of the two departments’ total 28 staff workers.
One of those staffers was stationed at the Center for European Studies, where the staff member served History faculty with offices at the CES. Now, the administrative group serves those faculty members, some of whom have expressed concern about the elimination of the staff position.