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...policy and history and literature lecturer Timothy P. McCarthy in an e-mailed statement last month in support of voluntary paycuts among faculty. “This is one of those circumstances.” “We are a community here at Harvard—or at least we should be—and now is the time for all of us to act like it,” McCarthy added. —Staff writer Esther I. Yi can be reached at estheryi@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer Peter F. Zhu can be reached at pzhu@fas.harvard.edu...
...jeopardize Classics concentrators’ chances of receiving honors and even graduating.But the sort of broad-based, survey knowledge that the generals were intended to encourage won’t be lost. To compensate for the demise of the examinations, all concentrators will need to take at least one 112-level survey course of Latin or Greek literature—among the most rigorous offerings in the department.KEEPING IT SIMPLEIn the process of reviewing their concentrations, department leaders have sought not only to open their fields to a wider variety of students, but also to streamline. While joking that...
...Dean Michael D. Smith’s plan to close FAS’ remaining $143 million deficit by reducing “people costs”—the resulting personnel situation makes it less likely that professors will extend themselves, according to several faculty members. ENTRENCHMENTIn at least one case, the potential for creating new Gen Ed classes has been hindered by the restriction of the terms of the Gen Ed legislation—a difficult fit for some subjects.When Economics professor N. Gregory Mankiw submitted a course proposal for his current Core class Social Analysis...
...University has asked the Law School to orchestrate a 10 percent cut in its budget—the magnitude of which entails some painful reshuffling of priorities, potential reorganization, and at least some job cuts...
...faculty interviewed say that the other candidates on the short list have taken their names out of contention because they are not interested in becoming Dean, at least at this point in their careers...