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...We’re all partners in this enterprise,” Government Professor Robert D. Putnam told Michael D. Smith, the leader of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, at a town hall meeting in April. “And I think, at least, as one of the partners among the many partners, I would like to know a little more about how we got to where...
...projected era of dramatic restructuring, Smith, FAS Dean for Administration and Finance Brett C. Sweet, and Harvard Executive Vice President Edward C. Forst ’82 have yet to fully define what this means for the Faculty. And mounting uncertainty over the past year has unnerved them...
...gather ideas, input, and ensure the community understands the extent of the financial challenge,” Smith wrote in an e-mail to a student who requested anonymity to preserve relations with the administration, “but there will always be a part of this process that must occur thoughtfully and quietly behind closed doors...
...must remain the education and research it can generate, these cuts were unfortunate, but necessary, evils. More troublingly, this crisis revealed a general lack of transparency in University finances. This problem was somewhat mitigated by the “town hall meetings” hosted by FAS Dean Michael Smith, but these clarification sessions were not sufficient. Harvard needs to be more open about its financial situation so that its plans can be critically evaluated. Although knowing that student life, staff job security, and the possibility of and J-Term were all dwindling was troubling enough, as the months wore...
...Some of my technology shortcomings arise no doubt due to the date of my birth. When I went to college I was outfitted with a state-of-the-art Smith Corona Silent Super typewriter. It was light green and came in a hard tan carrying case. I would never have thought to call it a manual typewriter because, of course, all typewriters were manual, right? Thus when I took a typing test for my first job and was confronted with a typewriter where all of the keys were stuck, it took a stunned HR person to introduce...