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...proposed the “1% Campaign,” which calls for a voluntary 1 percent faculty pay cut to help stave off staff layoffs. She said that she has witnessed “overwhelming willingness” to participate among faculty. But according to FAS spokesman Robert P. Mitchell, the institution of even an across-the-board 2 percent salary reduction for non-union workers would have only a “minor impact,” saving less than $5 million—only a fraction of the $143 million that remains...
...professorship—named after former English professor Francis O. Matthiessen, whose homosexuality was an open secret during his time at Harvard—marks a step forward in the larger movement seeking to legitimize fields like LGBT studies, according to Timothy P. McCarthy, a lecturer in public policy and in history and literature...
...incorporating courses during this period was identifying faculty members who would be willing to teach during J-Term, as the idea was met with some resistance among the faculty, especially from those who would already be losing research time as a result of a condensed summer break.But Reva P. Minkoff ’08, a student representative on the Conley committee, says that the body had anticipated that these issues would be resolved in time to implement J-Term programming as early as 2007.MORE PRESSING MATTERSThis effort was sidetracked as J-Term was overshadowed by more high-profile University...
...Joshua D. Coval, a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School. “It’s pretty easy to second-guess these decisions...but basically, I think all of those were reasonable things to do in normal or even mildly unusual circumstances.”John P. Huchra, former vice provost for research policy, cites bad luck as the source of Harvard’s current fiscal quagmire. “It was an aggressive but a reasonably sound plan,” Huchra says. “It would be hard to say that...
...University than any shortcomings of leadership. But with $143 million in cuts still to be made, Flores will need her powers of persuasion more than ever if she hopes to exert any substantial influence during her remaining semester in the presidency.—Staff writer Eric P. Newcomer can be reached at newcomer@fas.harvard.edu...