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...while the old Astrophysics requirements prepared students well for graduate school, newly developed offerings will be of much broader appeal to students who wish to go into other careers, such as science journalism.SNOWBALL EFFECTNone of this year’s concentration overhauls were directly spurred by the recent College-wide curricular review that has helped pave the way for the full launch of a new General Education program this fall, but the modifications reflect an atmosphere of curricular transformation, according to some professors.English Professor Elisa New says that although her first two attempts at revising the English concentration flopped...
...Administrators spoke ominously of an impending fiscal crisis, dire warnings were issued in University-wide letters, and officials threw around numbers that spelled out a challenge greater than any that had confronted the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in decades...
...source of revenue—would fall by more than 15 percent over the next two years. “Reshaping” had replaced “resizing” (what happened to the coffee at afternoon meetings) as the new buzzword. The concept arose organically from University-wide discussions, Harvard President Drew G. Faust says, but the word ultimately came from Smith. “Do you like it or not?” Smith asked during a recent interview...
...dust settles after campus-wide uproar following Smith’s announcement last month of deep budget cuts amounting to $77 million, faculty, students, and staff have grown increasingly concerned about the next step—which promises to have an even greater impact...
...Mass. Hall, Forst—described as “data-driven” by Christine M. Heenan, the University’s vice president for government, community, and public affairs—was able to identify inefficiencies in the University’s administrative system and consolidate University-wide procurement of resources, Shore says. Perhaps his years leading Goldman’s investment management division had shaped his way of thinking about cutting costs or, as he puts it, “investing smarter.” Shore notes that Forst saved $4 million just from negotiating better prices...