Word: lightness
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...Light took quick action to minimize the impact of economic turbulence, showing foresight in taking precautions against an increasingly deeper and more widespread recession, according to several students and faculty...
...while many students, professors, and alumni praise Light for his leadership during the recent economic downturn, several long-time faculty members note that Light’s agenda closely followed that of his predecessor. Some of the school’s most prominent initiatives, they say, grew out of preliminary work undertaken during the previous administration under Kim B. Clark ’74, whom he replaced first as interim dean in 2005 before assuming the permanent position...
...Light also took into consideration the potential negative impacts of the crisis beyond the school’s infrastructure. Multiple students, faculty, and alumni praise how he handled new budgetary constraints, as he juggled various priorities while facing diminished resources...
...example, says M. Scott Daubin, a former Student Association co-president and a member of the MBA Class of 2010, Light injected additional funding for the MBA Career and Professional Development Office to help soon-to-be MBAs find employment in a much-weakened job market and allocated a larger budget to subsidize the salaries of new graduates who chose positions at non-profits...
...Light had] been at the school for so long he really understood the MBA perspective,” Daubin says. “I think he did a good job of trimming some costs, but also investing in areas that were especially important...