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...Smith said he is confident that Sweet has set a standard for excellence that will ease the entrance of the next dean for administration and finance. Plus, Sweet’s successor will know full well the severity of the current fiscal picture, which only became fully clear after Sweet arrived at Harvard...
...actually think it's a little bit better for the new incoming person than it was for Brett," Smith said. “[Sweet] has been extremely organized in his time here and has a lot of what’s going on recorded in ways that I think would be—I wouldn’t say easy—but absolutely possible for a new person to come in and get up to speed quickly...
...Faculty of Arts and Sciences has eliminated 77 staff positions and reduced work hours for another 15 employees as part of the recent University-wide downsizing, Dean Michael D. Smith announced Wednesday...
...University's voluntary early retirement incentive program, are part of the $77 million of FAS budget cuts announced in May, Bradt said. But even after the recent downsizing and other service reductions, FAS, the University's largest school, still has a projected $143 million annual deficit that Smith says must be eliminated by fiscal year 2011. As a result, the School has now embarked on a process of "resizing and reshaping" its operations...
...letter, Smith wrote that the global economic downturn forced FAS to reexamine all of its spending, including the compensation costs that make up nearly half of the School's operating budget. He said that previous cost-cutting measures such as the early retirement program, salary freezes for faculty and exempt staff, limitations on new hiring, and offers of reduced hours did not achieve the necessary budget reductions...