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...says, considering his recent dialogue with Faust about her plans for the future. “I don’t think you can make short-term decisions without a long-term vision.”While the economic downturn has forced Harvard to reconsider all aspects of its present operations, donors say they have faith that the University’s core initiatives will survive current cost-cutting measures.“I like to think, though I haven’t asked Drew the question directly, that the vision is really little different than what it had been...
...Rajan struck melancholy tones in their remarks, emphasizing the need for greater reflection and responsibility among business executives in the current economic climate. The event was held on Baker Lawn in the afternoon, and light rain periodically fell as students and their families gathered to honor HBS professors, present the class gift, and celebrate the conclusion of their studies. Following brief remarks by Dean Jay O. Light, student Deirdre-Ann L. Perry introduced the concept of Class Day, saying it was “designed by the students, for the students.” Perry also introduced Rajan?...
...curriculum as the best way to ensure that students outside the concentration still appreciate history. Some professors have been less optimistic, declaring that Gen Ed’s structure is too flawed to survive without requiring some restructuring. “I suspect that Gen Ed in its present form won’t last quite as long as the Core did before it had to be revised,” says History of Art and Architecture Professor Jeffrey F. Hamburger. A committee will be appointed to review Gen Ed’s progress in 2012—five years...
...concern was that not all individuals seeking to return to campus would be permitted to do so. In their April e-mail, Hammonds and Smith announced that housing would be limited to students who could demonstrate a “need to be on campus.”At present, a student-faculty committee led by Assistant Dean of Advising Programs Inge-Lise Ameer is drafting an application for students seeking to stay on campus over break and otherwise determining logistics for the period. Ameer said that the bar for accommodating requests is “pretty high?...
...ambition” in soberly announcing her decision to slow construction of the Allston Science Complex—long considered the lynchpin of Harvard’s 50-year planned expansion. Now, with the University’s budgets critically strained, some have suggested that Harvard’s present fiscal challenges have arisen in part because financial planning for Allston was given short shrift by Summers, who instead set his sights on loftier institutional and research goals.“I think the Allston project was a combination of genuine ambition for Harvard to remain at the forefront...