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Moreover, continuing immediately with the HCCR will pose a substantial problem in the hunt for Kirby’s successor. If the Faculty casts a vote on the HCCR this spring and the new curriculum passes—which is expected—the pool of potential candidates will be greatly and unfairly reduced. Any possible candidate who does not support the current incarnation of the HCCR would struggle to lead the College into its new academic frontier, and the dean of the Faculty must take on this role if the curricular review is to succeed. Additionally, the next dean...
...University President Lawrence H. Summers wrote on Friday night that he would “promptly” begin a search for Kirby’s successor. Summers is expected to consider current and former department chairs, deans within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), and other prominent professors...
...Skocpol was a critic of Summers during the women-in-science controversy last spring. And Faculty members who feel that FAS needs an independent leader might favor Skocpol as a potential successor to Kirby...
...posed serious challenges. Yet we have continued to focus on the essential business before us. As we look to the future, it will be important for the President and the Dean to work closely together, in collaboration with the Faculty, toward our common objectives. I feel confident that my successor, President Summers, and the Faculty as a whole will have a solid basis on which to build. Meanwhile, there is work to be done, and we have a full agenda before us this spring...
...search for Bill's successor as Dean will begin promptly. After consultation within the faculty, I plan to invite a broad-based faculty advisory group to work with me on the search, in line with customary Harvard practice. As the search proceeds, I also intend to consult more widely with members of the faculty, including the FAS Faculty Council and the department chairs, and to seek the perspectives and counsel of students, staff, and alumni. Meanwhile, members of the Harvard community are strongly encouraged to offer their advice and nominations, in confidence, by writing to me in Massachusetts Hall...