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...candidate the next president of Harvard University?Can you guess who?Just five years after members of the governing boards celebrated their selection of Lawrence H. Summers as the University’s president, the guessing game is once again being played at Harvard.The search for Summers’ successor is still in its infancy; its stewards are amassing troves of potential names. And in a months-long search process bound to consume the campus, that long list will be whittled down to the single individual who will ultimately set up shop in Mass. Hall.The stakes are high. The completion...
...when in 1954 Board members complained to Conant’s successor, Nathan M. Pusey ’28, that the Overseers had been marginalized in important governance decisions and appointments, Pusey responded that he would informally seek their advice in the future. But, as Morton and Phyllis Keller note in “Making Harvard Modern: The Rise of America’s University,” “little appeared to change...
...business has been dominating the news: East Timor's troubles, the death spiral of remote Aboriginal communities, nuclear power and uranium enrichment. Custodian Costello slotted right in. Voters, and the Liberal party, are getting a little taste of life after Howard and a carefully managed introduction to his natural successor. So far-ignoring Labor's hysterics in Parliament-it seems that little would change if Howard called it quits. Why? Because Costello has modeled himself on his boss, and because the government's strategists are unlikely to mess with a winning formula...
Even as interim dean, there is much that Knowles can do for the undergraduate community. He must, of course, make the selection of a bold and competent successor his highest priority. Knowles will also control FAS expenditures for the next academic year. Even as FAS faces a looming budget deficit, it is imperative that he prioritize undergraduate initiatives, both academic and social...
Knowles must also push forward the business of the sluggish Harvard College Curricular Review as it nears its completion. In doing so, Knowles will set an important precedent for his successor...