College Administration
Search Committee Members Meet with UC To Solicit Feedback for College Dean Search
Smith and the committee members asked representatives to suggest anyone who they would like to see in the position.
Evelynn Hammonds Honored in University Hall Tribute
Alternating between laughter and tears, Evelynn M. Hammonds stood at the front of a crowded faculty room in University Hall Thursday afternoon as former administrative colleagues and fellow faculty members paid tribute to her five-year tenure as Dean of the Harvard College.
21 Professors Will Advise Smith in College Dean Search
The new committee is tasked with combing through a list of recommended candidates solicited from faculty members, narrowing the roster of candidates, and, ultimately, consulting with the FAS Dean on finalists for the position.
Former Hammonds Adviser Steps Down from Post in College Administration
D. E. Lorraine Sterritt, one of former Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds’s close advisers, is leaving her position as College dean for administration, Interim Dean of the College Donald H. Pfister announced Thursday.
What Happens the First Time You're Caught Smoking Marijuana? Harvard's Policy Doesn't Say.
We already knew that the College’s drugs and alcohol policy tiptoes around the question of whether we can play beer pong. But a gradebook released last week by the nonprofit organization Students for Sensible Drug Policy points out that the policy is vague on other questions too.
Responding to Drug Use
A 2005 Crimson feature on recreational drugs at Harvard quips, "Marijuana use may violate federal law, but at Harvard, it’s less likely to get you in trouble than breaking a window."
Smith Believes He Opened Email Detailing Search He Has Claimed No Knowledge Of
Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith said through a spokesperson Wednesday that he believes he opened but did not closely read an email detailing plans for a controversial search that he has said and continues to maintain he had no knowledge of until six months after it was conducted.
With Three of Four Resident Deans Turning Over, FDO Completes Hires
The Freshman Dean’s Office has filled the vacancies created by the departures from the office of three of its four freshman resident deans this summer.
Keating Report Corroborates Administrators’ Account of Email Search Scandal
A highly anticipated independent report commissioned by the University concludes that Harvard officials did not knowingly break faculty email privacy policy when they secretly probed resident deans’ email accounts last September in an effort to plug a leak of information connected to the Government 1310 cheating scandal.
With Time Short and Student Trust in Administrators Low, Pfister Seeks To Build Community
The new interim Dean of the College faces the challenge of leading a student body that has grown skeptical of administrators without knowing how long he may have to effect change.
Three Days In
Donald H. Pfister sits for an interview in his new University Hall office Friday, just three days after being appointed interim Dean of the College.
Donald Pfister, Former Ad Board Review Committee Chair, To Serve as Interim Dean of the College
Donald H. Pfister, a longtime Harvard faculty member and administrator who chaired a committee that reviewed the Administrative Board from 2008-2010, will serve as interim Dean of the College as it begins to explore a proposal to give students a role in adjudicating some disciplinary cases, Harvard announced Tuesday.
Pfister, Interim Dean of the College
Donald H. Pfister, a longtime Harvard faculty member and administrator who chaired a committee that reviewed the Administrative Board in 2008-2010, will serve as interim Dean of the College.
Administrator’s Inadvertent Reply-All Reveals Student’s Self-Reported Financial Aid Status
A student’s self-reported financial aid status was made public to the student body Monday when a College administrator inadvertently replied-all to the student’s email inquiring about Pre-Term Planning.
