"As focus has gone back into teaching and research, the Faculty has gotten to know itself less well, and people don't know who to nominate," Fox says.
And as fewer Faculty members are nominated, the same pool of people who can't say no to other commitments are the ones who get tapped for service.
"People who agree to run for Faculty Council tend to be people who are already engaged," says Friend, herself a member of the Council.
When Nothing Else Will Do
"Even if there were opportunities for economies of scale, I don't think [the Faculty] would go for it," says Thompson.
Fox and Sollors point to intrinsic similarities between Harvard students and the Faculty who teach them.
"Our Faculty are only older versions of [students]," Fox says. "These were not lay-abouts in high school."
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