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Dates: during 1940-1949
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More than half the College concentrates in the Social Sciences; just over one quarter of the permanent members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences teaches in the Social Sciences.

Author: By Andrew E. Norman, | Title: Faculty Allocation System Ignores Popularity Trends, Favors Consistency, Long-Range Plan | 12/14/1949 | See Source »

Speaking on the Lowell Institute's "America at the Crossroad" program over WEEI last night, Professor John K. Fairbank '29, Associate Professor Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. '38, and Benjamin I. Schwartz 4G, graduate student fellow at the Russian Research Center, agreed that U.S. recognition of the Chinese Red will play...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Experts Discuss Nod to Red China | 12/14/1949 | See Source »

As a "university college" Harvard has many advantages over the independent college. The intellectual level of the community is higher. Specialists can be retained economically by being shared by the college and one or more graduate schools. Undergraduates can take seminars primarily for graduates, offered by graduate schools (This practice...

Author: By Andrew E. Norman, | Title: Faculty Allocation System Ignores Popularity Trends, Favors Consistency, Long-Range Plan | 12/14/1949 | See Source »

The "historical" size of a department as an operative concept is peculiar to Harvard. The nation's oldest institution of higher education does not wish to be over-influenced by trends, by changing emphasis and intensity of student interest.

Author: By Andrew E. Norman, | Title: Faculty Allocation System Ignores Popularity Trends, Favors Consistency, Long-Range Plan | 12/14/1949 | See Source »

The appointment system is very simple. In 1939 the Faculty determined the "historical" size of each department. The exact details of the process are shrouded in mystery. "Historical" size depended to a certain degree upon size at the time, and to a small degree upon number of students and concentrators...

Author: By Andrew E. Norman, | Title: Faculty Allocation System Ignores Popularity Trends, Favors Consistency, Long-Range Plan | 12/14/1949 | See Source »

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