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...Zeidel adds that he does not think the Medical School was treated fairly during the student protests last fall. He says that the students did not give HMS the opportunity to address the issue internally before going public...
...every student, faculty member, and alum is aware that the global financial calamity has influenced every component of University finances: endowments, private philanthropy, and gifts from cash-strapped foundations. While stimulus funds have temporarily swelled the budgets of federal science agencies, the long-term picture for government funding is hazy at best, and may fall victim to deficit-cutting two years from now. Within Harvard, the deans and central administrators have had the unenviable task of cutting budgets in order to match our expenses to our newly constrained resources. We have all spent many hours since October engaged in these...
...them,” said Kennedy School Dean David T. Ellwood.As dean of the College from 1969 to 1971, May shepherded the College through tumultuous times that included a reexamination of undergraduate education and the 1969 occupation of University Hall, in which about 100 members of Students for a Democratic Society trapped May in his office while advocating for changes to the University’s labor policy.A diplomatic leader, May spoke with the students for over an hour before attempting to leave.“He performed nobly,” said former Harvard professor James Q. Wilson...
...curriculum, and not its theoretical conception. “If you take my view, it’s the practice that matters—not the legislation,” Smail says. “Curricular reforms are never going to create happy faculty or happy students, but we’ll find a way to make it work.” Other faculty members are similarly pragmatic. The next three to five years will be a time for trial and error, says Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education Stephanie H. Kenen—who will serve as Gen Ed?...
...government should enhance its recruitment efforts, expand its range of opportunities for talented workers, and improve public management. He also suggested that the government provide more financial motivation to join the public sector, such as through the implementation of programs like the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, where students can receive educational benefits if they commit to working in government after graduation. Ellwood stressed the importance of making these changes now, during what he called a “once-in-a-generation opportunity.” “I think this is an amazingly important, exciting...