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...return, Harvard offers an "academic atmosphere [that] is very good," Huchra says, adding, "One of the draws for me to the Smithsonian is the ability to teach...
More serious are salary disputes between the two faculties. While the Smithsonian employs 119 members of the center's 140 tenured faculty, paid salaries of its staff have lagged behind Harvard's over the past 15 years...
Meanwhile another 12 professors, including Geller and Huchra, are jointly tenured by Harvard and the Smithsonian but are paid by the Smithsonian...
...There's always a friction" between faculty, Huchra said, deriving from the perceived "second-class" citizenship of the Smithsonian staff. Other tensions appear when the center attempts to set long-range goals. Professor of Astronomy Margaret J. Geller says that Harvard has been "dragging its feet" on a proposed $20 million telescope to be built in the Southern Hemisphere. The University apparently prefers to rely for now on the Smithsonian facilities...
...Huchra says he expects at least the faculty situation "will change soon," as the Smithsonian boosts salaries...