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...Phelan??€™s Success in VES Left Out of Story
...Phelan??€™s first commitment, shared with her colleagues in VES, was to a rigorous overhaul of the curriculum; the number of courses offered in studio arts has doubled, and their quality and programmatic coherence have improved dramatically. Class size has been reduced, more courses than ever have been cross-listed, more faculty have been jointly appointed with other departments, the number of Hoopes prizes awarded to VES students has greatly increased and this Spring a record number of undergraduates, more than 40, applied for VES concentration. VES graduates are now accepted to the foremost graduate programs in this...
...Crimson’s stance on Phelan??€™s sudden and startling dismissal as chair leaves many questions unanswered. In any institution, department, or community, there will be difficulties and dissensions; we all have an interest in supporting judicious and informed procedures for addressing such matters. In the absence of any official statement on the matter from the administration, we are disturbed that The Crimson would presume to censure Phelan??€™s leadership of VES, and we question the basis on which that opinion was formed and on which the administration apparently acted. Given Phelan?...
...applaud Phelan??€™s success and that of her VES colleagues in bringing the arts to Harvard with unprecedented imagination and energy, and in creating a context in which undergraduates are taken seriously as makers...
Although a scheduled review by the Visiting Committee of VES, which had not been convened in over five years, was cancelled by the administration at the time of Phelan??€™s removal as chair, we urge the University to give the Visiting Committee the opportunity to evaluate the developments since their last review...