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Since we proposed eliminating early admission to interim University President Derek C. Bok and interim Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles, their support has been enthusiastic and unwavering. Their remarks when the announcement was made are indicative of Harvard’s institutional priorities. As Bok said, “The college admissions process has become too pressured, too complex, and too vulnerable to public cynicism. We hope that doing away with early admission will improve the process and make it simpler and fairer...
...committee wavered between Cech and Faust, it called upon its venerated interim leader for an outside perspective. Bok had deliberately stayed out of the search process from the beginning to focus on his other activities during his one-year term...
...point the middle of the search, committee members had casually asked Bok whether he would consider staying on beyond June 30 in case the committee did not find a new president to take office by then, according to two individuals close to Bok and the committee. The interim president quickly shot down the idea, making it clear that extending his tenure was not in the cards, the sources said...
...exit and the return of two of Harvard’s old wise men should have been a respite from all the hurrying. But Derek C. Bok and Jeremy R. Knowles, the interim leaders of the University and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, did not slow down...
...Knowles’ selection as interim dean was a last resort. Faculty members advising Bok wanted a permanent dean—a position that Knowles could not fulfill as the then-71-year-old battled prostate cancer—but Bok found no suitable candidate for dean...