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...University spokesman John D. Longbrake declined to comment on the decision, as tenure cases are confidential. In selecting candidates for tenured positions at Harvard, department members form a committee to discuss the case and make a recommendation, which is then presented to University President Drew G. Faust and University Provost Steven E. Hyman. The president and provost then appoint an ad-hoc committee of top academics in the field to review the case and advise the president on the final decision. The committee further solicits letters from well-established scholars in the field regarding the tenure candidate. Frankel said that...
...positions and capital plans. CORNELL UNIVERSITY Cornell suspended all construction projects for 90 days, starting Nov. 3, and instituted a hiring pause through March 31 of next year. Finally, Cornell has begun a six-week review of operational effectiveness, financial policies and procedures. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE Dartmouth’s provost has released statements outlining spending reductions of 10 percent, or $40 million, over the next two fiscal years, in addition to a hiring freeze. For this fiscal year, Dartmouth is seeking to reduce spending by 5 percent. Some construction has been delayed or deferred, and all new capital plans...
...that their concerns would be addressed in a University-wide review of industry-related practice and policy that was scheduled for this fall. David Korn ’54, a former dean of Stanford University School of Medicine who began his term as Harvard’s first vice provost for research this week, will be leading the review committee, which has yet to be formed...
...contributions throughout his 52-year tenure there, but also to compensate for years of being “woefully underpaid” and to entice the 75-year-old to defer retirement and stay on. In academic year 2006-2007, Harvard’s highest paid official was provost Steven E. Hyman, who brought home $549,683, including benefits and a two-year award paid in 2007. —Staff writer Alexandra Perloff-Giles can be reached at aperloff@fas.harvard.edu...
...David Korn ’54, a former dean of Stanford University School of Medicine who will begin a term as Harvard’s first vice provost for research next week, will be leading the University-wide review of industry-related practices and policy that was scheduled for this fall...