Word: nye
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Many faculty members agree that phase is over, or that the need for a focus on consolidation is receding. Some officials say the most important contribution Nye can make to the school will be a step beyond: redefining the mission of the school...
...Nye is not stepping up to the daunting task without experience. He has had to raise funds in each of his previous major administrative posts: associate dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and director of both the Center for Science and International Affairs and the Center for International Affairs...
...Nye himself points to the importance of vigorous discussion and debate about the role of government in the modern world. Asked to identify his top priorities for the coming years, Nye lists only one: focusing the school's resources to answer "the larger question of what's the role of government in our society and imperatively in modern societies today...
...There is a great amount of anxiety and lack of clarity, both nationally and internationally," Nye says. "The school is the right place to provide the forum for clarifying that debate...
...Nye declines to offer specifics about how to promote that kind of discussion, but says he would never leave a job as interesting as the one he holds now if he didn't believe strongly in the importance of that debate...