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...been under discussion.Those familiar with fundraising have indicated various reasons for donors’ hesitation to give what the University calls “transformational” gifts—an endowment of large magnitude, such as a building or other ambitious project—under the current interim administration.Several suggested that the reluctance was merely a natural result of the transitional period following any major leader’s resignation. Other donors expressed great frustration over Summers’ ouster and reluctance to donate to a university where the faculty can seemingly force out a president.Yet another camp...
...Atlantic, however, the tides were turning. Just a few days after the bruising Faculty meeting, Houghton jetted to Europe for personal business. He had been scheduled to return to the States the weekend before Tuesday, Feb. 14, but due to stormy weather, his arrival was delayed. In the interim, Houghton turned to the phones, placing a number of calls to Cambridge, according to a professor who later spoke with the senior fellow...
After the tumult of the past year, we are embarking on a period of relative stability under interim University President Derek C. Bok and interim Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles. Yet we should not think of this time as a return to familiar and comfortable things. To do so would belie what we have learned during recent months. We need to continue what we have been doing for the past three years: working to reshape the curriculum, giving the College the strength and flexibility it needs to educate its current and future students...
...York Times,” Weary Professor of German and Comparative Literature Judith L. Ryan says.But come July 1, the president who helped Harvard usher through its last curricular review will once again be at the University’s helm.Some faculty members say they hope that Incoming Interim President Derek C. Bok’s presence will allow for a substantial reevaluation of Harvard’s general education. Bok recently analyzed data on undergraduate education in his book, “Our Underachieving Colleges: A Candid Look at How Much Students Learn and Why They Should Be Learning...
...room for initiatives by the new president. And some professors say Allston construction may be delayed until donors can be assured of stability at the helm of the University.“The project was very significantly driven by President Summers and unless that push is taken up by [Interim University] President Bok, I’m not sure it can move ahead,” says Professor of the History of Science and Faculty Council member Everett I. Mendelsohn. “It would not surprise me if during this period there were a slowdown.”Slowdown...