Applied Mathematics, another field that is growing rapidly, is earmarked for gaining more preceptors, as is Environmental Sciences.
“They [the preceptors] aren’t necessarily replacements for the faculty,” says Kleifgen, who emphasizes that ongoing faculty searches are still taking place.
But these non-tenure track faculty are no less qualified in their abilities to teach, according to Environmental Engineering Area Dean Steven C. Wofsy.
As equally capable instructors, non-ladder faculty will serve the growing undergraduate population at SEAS.
And while this undergraduate expansion may have increased SEAS’ presence in the University, it has also pushed the school to efficiently allocate its resources.
“We must grow,” Murray says, “without growing apart.”
—Staff writer Gautam S. Kumar at gkumar@college.harvard.edu.
—Staff writer Evan T.R. Rosenman contributed to the reporting of this story.