Harvard's Search for New President

 

I stumbled across an interesting article describing Harvard's search for a new president.  Here is an excerpt that should please readers of this blog.

 

The growing financial importance of research also could pressure Harvard to tap a scientist, something it hasn't done since 1933.

Reykjavík University is about to advertise for a position as Dean of the School of Science and Engineering, and I trust that one of the pre-requisites for the job will be outstanding scientific credentials. I hope that, unlike Harvard we won't have qualms about becoming a "giant science lab." 

 

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[Einar Steingrímsson (IP-tala skráð) 1.2.2007 kl. 23:28]

Of course, although recent Harvard presidents have not been scholars of the natural sciences, most of them have been distinguished scholars!

[Luca Aceto, 2.2.2007 kl. 08:11]

Indeed! Not to mention that they have all been insightful  observers of academic and scientific life. One of the reads on modern (American) universities is the book Universities in the Marketplace: The Commercialization of Higher Education (Princeton University Press, 2003) by Derek Bok, former and acting Harvard president. I strongly recommend it to readers of this blog.