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At Tuesday's meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), Dean of the Faculty Michael D. Smith got a lot of exercise.
Smith spent the bulk of the afternoon discussing his Annual Report, which summarized progress made in the College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, developments in the Faculty and with the administrative staff, and the state of FAS finances between September 2006 and February 2008.
Several points from the report sparked questions from professors—including the spread of student to faculty ratios across divisions and the financial condition of FAS. History professor Charles S. Maier '60 noted the disparity between high concentrator to faculty ratios for undergraduates in the social sciences relative to...
"We're still attracting a great number of students to the social sciences," Maier said. "But will these numbers be borne in mind with respect to hiring [of new faculty]?"
The 18-member group's new members will be former Graduate School of Arts and Sciences dean Peter T. Ellison, former History department chair Andrew D. Gordon, zoologist Farish A. Jenkins, former Earth and Planetary Science department chair Michael B. McElroy, and former Classics department chair Richard J. Tarrantâ?...