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...provost advises the president in most searches, helps administer the University's central bureaucracy. Fineberg is known for his work on interfaculty initiatives, as well as on information technology...
...provost does not have a final say in major University decisions. Does not sit as a member of the Harvard Corporation. Does not sit as a member of the deans' council. Does not appoint University deans...
...someone like Provost Fineberg who was a dean and was accustomed to having the buck stop with him, that's tough," the person says...
Rudenstine says that because Harvard is less centralized than other universities, the provost necessarily has less responsibility--as does the rest of the central administration...
...other schools, he says, the provost might have jurisdiction over university funds, while at Harvard, most money matters are left up to individual deans...