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This is the fifth article in a continuing series.Part 1: Provost Considered for Top PostPart 2: Will These Cowboy Boots March West?Part 3: Deft Historian May Be Harvard's FuturePart 4: 'Iowa Values' for Mass. Hall...
...He’s a celebrated teacher and a respected manager who’s loved by his faculty. But despite the buzz surrounding the candidacy of Stanford Provost John W. Etchemendy for Harvard’s presidency, the respected philosopher will likely stay put in Palo Alto next year. He’s said repeatedly, after all, that his job is “the best position in higher education...
...It’s a really big job. Our provost and our president really have to be partners for the place to run well,” Taylor said...
...provost and president, ex-officio members of the Council, provide a report to the Council every two weeks, according to Roberts, a former Faculty Council chair...
Meanwhile, Alison Richard runs Cambridge University. Shirley Tilghman runs Princeton. Amy Gutmann runs the University of Pennsylvania. Ruth Simmons runs Brown. All have been mentioned as possible contenders for the Harvard presidency. I make no comment on Hyman’s skills as provost, which are surely considerable. But must your headline stack the deck against the other candidates (all those listed above have greater experience being “#1” and not just “#2” than Steven Hyman) so quickly...