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...bunch of different-shaped puzzle pieces.”With the administration in discussions about a retirement incentive program for faculty and no indication of increasing the pace of faculty hiring anytime soon, a number of professors expressed concern that restructuring FAS may be a euphemism for shrinking the size of the Faculty.History lecturer Adam G. Beaver, who is also the department’s assistant director of undergraduate studies, said the FAS administration took a “very drastic measure early” by freezing most of its running faculty searches.“The long-term health...
...Your mother was a shrink when you were growing up. What was that like? Well, Andrea, it's hard to picture my mom solving other people's problems when she's the root of most of mine. It's a challenge. In one way, I do feel that my mother did instill in me the old get-ye-to-a-shrinkery, the value of therapy and its good effect on your life. I think that's been great, but shrinks as parents is a little tough because they're not that adept at switching out the shrink hat with...
...worst performing currencies in Asia so far this year. And, if this drumbeat of economic gloom weren't enough, the Singapore government has repeatedly revised its economic growth projections, growing more vigorously pessimistic with each try. It now expects Singapore's gross domestic product to shrink by up to 9% in 2009, which would likely be the sharpest contraction in Asia this year. (See pictures of the global financial crisis...
Russia's leaders are getting used to cutting budgets this year. As the country sinks deeper into recession - unemployment, according to some estimates, is as high as 12% and the economy is predicted to shrink by about 4.5% in 2009 - the government is slashing spending at most of its ministries. The Energy Ministry's budget is down by 33%, and that of the Transport Ministry by 30%. But there is one hugely expensive project on which President Dmitri Medvedev has vowed to actually increase spending: transforming Russia's creaking Soviet-era defense industry into a modern technological power, and turning...
...Faculty grew a lot in the last five years, so I presume they’ll let it shrink a bit,” said English professor Louis Menand. “Faculty salaries can be a quite big chunk of the budget...