FAS Administration
A Push for a Program
After decades of administrative shutdown, the College is set to launch its first formal program in Latino Studies, but many are calling for something more.
A Seat at the Table
After two Mass. Hall decisions prompt controversy, some Harvard professors are calling for a centralization of faculty governance.
Opportunity in Crisis: Selling the Humanities
As universities nationwide experience a crisis in the humanities, Harvard embarks on its first major fundraising campaign for the arts.
Making Classes, but Not Money
As professors volunteer hours to developing online courses for edX, some call for the young platform to compensate its teachers.
The Founders: The Evolution of edX at Harvard and MIT
While the two schools co-founded the online learning platform three years ago, some say its effect has been greater on MIT’s campus.
Title XI at Harvard
Mia Karvonides, the Title IX coordinator at Harvard, spoke to the Crimson on 5/21 about Harvard's first year enforcing a new sexual harassment policy.
Karvonides Speaks About New Policy
Mia Karvonides, the TItle IX coordinator at Harvard, spoke to the Crimson on 5/21 about Harvard's first year enforcing a new sexual harassment policy.
Faculty Senate
"Anyone whose life is significantly affected by a decision should have a forum in which they can weigh in on or react to that decision," said History professor Maya Jasanoff ’96.
Francis Doyle, Professor at UCSB, Named Next SEAS Dean
Doyle will assume leadership of the school on August 1 as it seeks to raise $450 million in advance of its 2019 move to a new campus in Allston.
With Gen Ed Under Fire, Faculty Critique Undergraduate Academics More Broadly
An interim report that detailed the failings of the College’s program in General Education has prompted faculty members to critique how their peers teach and assess undergraduate students more broadly.
Minority Faculty at FAS
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences is making efforts to recruit more minority faculty members.
Few in Number, Harvard's Minority Faculty Face Additional Burdens
While Harvard has institutionalized a hiring process designed to draw in more a racially and ethnically diverse faculty, some professors say there is more work to do to improve the work environment for those faculty after they enter Harvard’s gates.
Committee Finds Attendance Study Did Not Violate Harvard Policy
The Committee on the Oversight of Electronic Communications found that a controversial attendance study conducted last spring did not violate the University’s Policy on Access to Electronic Information.
Among Harvard’s Faculty, ‘Women Are Still Pioneers’
Though the environment for women faculty at Harvard has improved over the past 20 years, many say that there is still room for improvement.
Semester’s Final Faculty Meeting Focuses on Gen Ed Criticisms
While Faculty members largely said they agree with the founding principles of the program, they denounced the program for counting departmental courses for Gen Ed credit.
College Appoints Full-Time Title IX Coordinator
Miller previously served as a case manager on the Administrative Board in addition to working part-time as the College’s Title IX coordinator.
Arabesque
Dean of Freshmen Thomas A. Dingman ’67 arabesques while Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana supports him.
Report Says Gen Ed Program Is 'Failing' on Many Fronts
The report lists about two dozen grievances about the program, voiced by undergraduates, teaching fellows, administrators, and faculty members in the past year.
Proposal Would Change Faculty Council Election Procedures
If approved, the new system would replace a proportional representation system created in the fall of 1969, according to a proposal distributed to the Faculty in advance of their meeting Tuesday.
Harvard Will Renovate Lowell House in 2017-2018
Pending funding approval, planners will begin full construction on Lowell House in the summer of 2017, and administrators hope to finish the project the next summer, in 2018.
Claudine Gay Named Next FAS Social Science Divisional Dean
Gay joined the Government department in 2006 and is currently its director of graduate studies. She will take over the deanship from Sociology professor Peter Marsden on July 1.