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...University President Lawrence H. Summers’ playbook in making the improvement of student life at Harvard College a priority. The FAS dean in particular has an oft-unrecognized influence over the undergraduate experience as the final authority on the funding of student initiatives. Under interim Dean Jeremy R. Knowles??and with last year’s firing of former Deputy Dean of the College Patricia O’Brien—the student-friendly age of yesteryear came to an abrupt close. Indeed, without Summers many important projects, from the Pub and the Lamont caf?...
...require teaching evaluations for all courses.The Faculty has also resisted investing in the undergraduate experience. Student life—which was reinvigorated under Summers thanks to a philosophy that responded to and spent money on student satisfaction—proved to be interim Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles?? blind spot. We hope that Faust recognizes the importance of the undergraduate experience and continues Summers’ tradition of investing in Harvard College—from promoting social events to shoring up the College’s hit-or-miss advising system. To do so, we hope...
...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...
...Throughout his time at Harvard, Knowles remained a political operator. Peter J. Gomes, the Plummer professor of Christian morals, described Knowles??an amateur dancer—as having “a certain kind of nimbleness, both physical and intellectual.” From his perch in Memorial Church, Gomes, a 40-year veteran of the University, has watched the rise and fall of generations of Harvard leaders...
...Richard F. Thomas, a Classics professor active in Faculty affairs, praised the character of Knowles?? leadership...