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Faust previously appointed computer scientists Michael D. Smith and Barbara J. Grosz to the deanships of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the Radcliffe Institute, respectively. Smith is the only permanent dean named to date, leaving open the possibility that the University could find itself with three interim deans next year if Faust is unable to find permanent leaders in time...
...their commanding lead in the polls hasn't lulled the conservatives into taking the outcome for granted. Led by interim Prime Minister Francois Fillon, UMP candidates have hammered away at the importance of capturing a resounding majority to assist the popular Sarkozy with what they call long-overdue reforms - changes they accuse the left of being too ideologically deluded to accept. In reply to leftist accusations that rolling back welfare would penalize the less wealthy to the benefit of the rich, Fillon mocked his rivals as "moralizing impostors." He also smeared leftists opposing the right's promises to curb immigration...
Derek C. Bok on Sept. 1, two months into a one-year term as interim president in which he would repeal Early Action, oversee the approval of the first overhaul of Harvard general education in a generation, and heal a faculty torn by the crises of Lawrence H. Summers’ presidency...
...Undergraduate Council President Ryan A. Petersen ’08 organized a College-wide referendum in which 84 percent of the 3,467 undergraduates who participated called for the calendar to be changed. And last month, Interim President Derek C. Bok used a letter to the community to reopen the calendar debate across Harvard, signalling that he intends to make headway on the issue before handing over the reins to Drew G. Faust on July...
Last fall, the Task Force on General Education issued an inspired and dramatic report, parts of which drew heavy Faculty criticism. The Task Force revised its report twice, and then was dissolved. As Faculty legislation was drafted and amended, no visionary shaped the curriculum. A largely interim administration was determined to get something—anything—voted on before the end of the year. Area boundaries were stretched to accommodate departments excluded from the Task Force recommendations. The result is an oddly divided and rather too large distribution requirement, leaving us questioning what exactly happened...