Word: provostship
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...many--including Carnesale-- consider Harvard's provostship weak compared to other schools'. At most universities, the provost is the chief academic and operating officer--at Yale, for example, deans of all schools report to the provost...
...while in the past year Carnesale has only carried the provostship, he has tackled issues as diverse--and difficult--as faculty and staff benefits, fund raising and information technology...
...viability of the provostship in a vastly decentralized bureaucracy was hotly debated among the Deans when Rudenstine resurrected the position in 1991. The debate increased after Rudenstine's first provost, University Professor Jerry R. Green, resigned in frustration three years later...
...well, the lesson of the Green provostship was that Rudenstine demands a full partner in this administrative marriage. Rudenstine and Carnesale have been friends for two decades...
...some have asked if Rudenstine has realized what he needs from a provost. It was Carnesale the man, the decision-maker, who made the provostship what it is, and with the dynamic of Carnesale-Rudenstine hinging so much on their respective leadership styles, it is unclear if Fineberg, while having mastered the fiefdom, can be co-majesty of the kingdom...