Word: knowleses
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In many ways, these two sets of interests are at direct odds with each other; this is of course complicated by the fact that many administrators are also important members of the Faculty: see, for example, Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68, also a chaired professor of computer...
But in a statement issued last week, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Jeremy R. Knowles indicated that despite many obstacles, Harvard is making progress in the hiring of minority faculty.
Knowles wrote that FAS has already received junior faculty acceptances for next year from an African-American man in mathematics, an African-American woman in economics, a Hispanic man in government and an Asian-American woman in English.
"We shall not rest, but we have good reason to be encouraged by our progress," Knowles concluded.
After discussion, the Faculty will decide "whether or what we should do in terms of policies that would help in junior Faculty recruitment," Knowles said.