FAS is the biggest and wealthiest of Harvard's nine faculties. It includes everything from Harvard College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences to Widener Jeremy R. Knowles has served as dean of theFaculty since 1991. In that time, Knowles hasbrought a flair to his task of dealing with abudget crunch and building the ranks of thefaculty. Knowles gets involved when there is a crisis inthe College, though he often seems uncomfortableabout it. The dean can also affect undergraduatesby setting academic policy in his work with theassociate dean for undergraduates education. That deanship was recently in a bit of a flux.Last year, William M. Todd III replaced DavidPilbeam, who had only served a year team. Todd'sselection was something of a surprise to mostobservers, as he had no experience in UniversityHall and had never even met many of his futurecolleagues, including Dean of the College Harry R.Lewis '68. The College It takes a while to get down to the level ofaccessible administrators. And by the time youreach it, you're far away from the so-calledpowers that be. Harvard's lesser deans are in charge of makingsure your quality of life is acceptable. TheCollege deals with mundane undergraduate concernssuch as discipline and housing. At the top is Dean of the College Harry R.Lewis `68, entering his fifth year on the job.Lewis has proven that he is not afraid to makeunpopular decisions--like randomization andtighter alcohol policies--but this boldness,coupled with a penchant for sticking his foot inhis mouth, have not won the dean many friendsamong students. Lewis sits at the heard of the 25-memberAdministrative Board, which disciplinesundergraduates guilty of "conduct unbecoming of aHarvard student." You don't want your firstencounter with Lewis to take place at an Ad Boardhearing. Yardlings are led by Dean of Freshman ElizabethStudley Nathans. The former Duke Universityassociate dean has begun efforts to reformorientation week and first-year advising so thatstudents take better advantage of the resourcesavailable. Radcliffe Radcliffe has undergone significant changesover the past year. The former college originally provided femaleundergraduates with housing supervision and accessto a Harvard education. But when the two collegesconducted their "non-merger merger" in 1973,Radcliffe relinquished its responsibility forundergraduate life. In April, after months of guarded negotiations,Radcliffe and Harvard announced their intent tomerge. As a result, Radcliffe will officiallyrelinquish its "college" status sometime thissummer to become the Radcliffe Institute forAdvanced Study, a division of the University onpar with the nine faculties.
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