Word: knowlesã
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...Hoffman says these initiatives—expressed in Knowles??€™ annual letters to the Faculty—are at the center of all funding decisions made...
Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles is itching to hire, and he hasn’t been shy about saying so. Our student to faculty ratio hovers at 8:1 (compared to 6:1 at supposedly undergrad-friendly Princeton). Any major new curricular shift, like Knowles??€™ attempt to create a sweeping new freshman seminar program that would include all first-years, would require more professors than we?...
...FAS’ intellectual and fiscal growth during Knowles??€™ tenure has been the product of a leadership style that emphasizes streamlined bureaucracy, efficient consultative processes and a moderated, collegial tone of public discourse. Being a popular dean is no easy task—the same faculty that seem to believe they have an inalienable right to be informed, consulted and included in decisions dread serving on faculty committees—but Knowles??€™ style has won him both friends and battles...
...Navigating this minefield successfully is crucial for a dean to win the support of his faculty, and despite the introduction of several new consultative mechanisms under Knowles??€™ watch, many professors see him as an autocrat. As Killip put it, “there’s only one dog that barks at Harvard...
...Phelan says that Knowles??€™ action was taken without any formal investigation of the complaints and says she is considering filing a lawsuit...