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...Education, which has been without a permanent dean since last spring, Summers firmly said, “Yes.” Then he quickly added, “I expect the process will be similar.”Almost all Business School professors were kept in the dark about Summers?? decision until shortly before the outgoing president announced his pick to the media.Members of the faculty committee that advised Summers on the dean selection were informed of the decision at a meeting that began an hour prior to the press conference, and just half an hour before...
...Caucus of Chairs—an informal group of Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) department and committee chairs—was formed in response to last year’s crisis of University governance, the group has decided to continue meeting even after University President Lawrence H. Summers?? resignation.“We talked about whether our group should continue to exist into the future, and we decided it should,” said History Department Chair Andrew D. Gordon ’74 in a recent interview. “People find it valuable...
...flub. But it was not immediately clear what his assurances mean for the international research centers that allocate grants to students. Melissa H. Wojciechowski, the student programs and events coordinator for the Center for International Development (CID), said yesterday that she had not heard about Summers?? remarks and could not comment this weekend. The CID received six times more applications than it could fund this year, according to an e-mail sent to students who were denied funding. The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs also saw an uptick in applications this year; about two-thirds of its applicants...
Incoming Interim President Derek C. Bok, who led the University from 1971 to 1991, filled four of Harvard’s top deanships during his first five years in office. Neil L. Rudenstine—who led the University between Bok’s and Summers?? terms—tapped four deans to lead Harvard’s schools in his first half-decade in Massachusetts Hall...
Most Business School professors were kept in the dark about Summers?? decision until moments before Summers announced his pick to the media...