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Although Bok insists he was not trying to send any kind of message with either appointment, this week's selection of Professor of Government Robert D. Putnam as new Kennedy School dean seemed to send a clear signal to faculty members that academics would have to be the top priority at Harvard's youngest professional school...
...nation's leading experts on European comparative politics and international relations, Putnam--who has taught in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences since 1979--was chosen over at least three well-qualified professors from within the Kennedy School faculty...
Critics have charged recently that the Kennedy School has stressed numbers-crunching and preprofessionalism over intellectual scholarship, and many saw Putnam's selection over the Kennedy School insiders as a response to such criticisms...
...Putnam also said that he intended to strengthen the Kennedy School's committment to public service...
KSSG parliamentarian Leroy Divinity said he hoped Putnam would encourage more programs like the school's loan-forgiveness program, which provides financial incentives for students to go into public service...