Word: presidental
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Though President Neil L. Rudenstine has emerged as an advocate of affirmative action and diversity in higher education, no woman has taken office at the dean level or higher during his tenure.
Associate Vice President James S. Hoyte '65--who deals with affirmative action and equal-opportunity issues-- says the University is not where it wants to be on this issue.
Elizabeth C. "Beppie" Huidekoper, vice president for finance, says that Harvard's image as a male-dominated institution is not accurate.
But Kathy A. Spiegelman, Harvard's associate vice president for planning and real estate, says women's role in the administration needs to be complemented by a strong presence among tenured faculty.
This April, after Divinity School Dean Ronald F. Thiemann left the University, President Neil L. Rudenstine began Harvard's most recent dean search.