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...economist until last Friday, when he appeared to have been stripped of his endowed title as Jones Professor of Economics and demoted to the less prestigious title of “Professor of Economics.” To this day, the only comment the public has heard from Interim Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles on the case is that he has taken “appropriate action.” Many have taken Knowles to task for the lack of transparency in handling this case. While we do not share the view that Knowles has an obligation...
...Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ (FAS) future looks very red—not crimson. That’s the gist of Interim Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles’ recent letter to professors on FAS’ financial outlook. Although FAS—the umbrella organization that funds the College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences—currently has a small surplus on its $950 million budget, it is expected to have a significant deficit starting next year. In his letter, Knowles sounded an ominous alarm, writing, “[I]nstitutional interventions...
...sufficiently valued, then there is no better time than the present to change that. So what can you do? Join us for dinner on any Wednesday evening in one of the dining halls, fill out our survey at www.studentinput.harvard.edu, or check out the University-wide event today with Interim President Derek C. Bok. And if none of this suits your tastes, then e-mail or call us directly to let us know what you think.Different segments of the Harvard student body care about different issues—from the curricular review to the improvement of social life, from the expansion...
...economy while advising a federally funded and Harvard-run aid program in the country. A federal judge found Shleifer liable for conspiring to defraud the U.S. government in 2004, and Harvard last year paid $26.5 million to settle the case, while Shleifer, who has denied wrongdoing, paid $2 million. Interim Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles, responding to charges that he mismanaged the Shleifer case by not consulting with the seven-member Committee on Professional Conduct (CPC) and a three-member investigating subcommittee before reaching a decision, told The Crimson on Wednesday that “appropriate action?...
...roll out the new program in its entirety. As a consequence, the classes of 2009 and 2010 will likely see their requirements change. Also, if the new curriculum is approved, what to do with the old Core requirements until the new ones are implemented will be an open question. Interim adjustment, reduction, and loosening of Core requirements will certainly affect current undergraduates’ experience. We should be wary of leaving these discussions to octogenarians who haven’t been undergraduates for decades...