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...natural sciences other problems emerge. The feeling of alienation is particularly galling, professors say, because different research groups have little contact. Such atomization "doesn't foster any interaction between faculty members at any level," says one junior scientist. The best way to find out what's happening next door, says another, is to talk to friends at other universities...
...social sciences the job market is a little better. Harvard "is a good place from which to seek your second job," says one social scientist. The Economics Department in particular, but also the Government Department, has recently sent junior faculty to tenured positions at prestigious universities around the country, says Economics Department chairman and incoming Dean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence...
...natural sciences, the job market seems ambiguous for Harvard junior faculty. "Being an ex-Harvard professor is not as important an entree as it used to be," says one scientist. "As people get out of Harvard, there just aren't positions available." But others disagree. "I don't know of anybody who left here and didn't get a good job," says another junior scientist. A third scientist points out that "you find it easier to get the attention of your colleagues across the country if you are speaking from a podium with the Harvard name...
...wouldn't go to Ohio State, where they pay more, but it's not so exciting academically," says a social scientist. In an absolute sense, Harvard could use some improvement, adds another, but in a relative it is better than most...
Other looming issues Fellows cite also revolve around money. These include the skyrocketing costs of health care and how it will affect the Medical School and Harvard's affiliated hospitals. A related problem is the increasingly high cost of equipping professors, especially scientists. It costs $1 million to endow a professorship at Harvard, but a scientist's lab equipment may cost more than that...