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Ballasted with 370 years of precedent and tradition, Harvard is the flagship of higher education. But it plows ahead in straight lines, changing little as the years tick on and as it loses ground to more agile institutions which constantly innovate and reinvent themselves. If Harvard is to navigate the...
Even with Incoming Interim Faculty Dean Jeremy R. Knowles, highly respected by FAS professors for his work as dean under former University President Neil L. Rudenstine, the Council does not plan to retreat to its former passivity, Kleinman says.
Knowledge sort of accumulates,” noted former University President A. Lawrence Lowell, Class of 1877. “The freshmen bring a little in and the seniors don’t take much away.” If universities, as Lowell seemed to suggest, are reservoirs of knowledge...
The search resulted in the appointment of Jeremy R. Knowles, who served as dean of Faculty from 1991 to 2002, as interim dean.
History suggests that Knowles will be a strong leader, as he has already worked successfully under President Neil L. Rudenstine. In choosing a permanent president and FAS dean, however, Harvard cannot continue to turn to the successful leaders of the past. When it comes time to decide Harvard?...