Arts and Humanities Dean Focuses on Small Changes as Hiring Freeze Stalls Larger-Scale Planning

Arts and Humanities Dean Focuses on Small Changes as Hiring Freeze Stalls Larger-Scale Planning

At the end of his first year as Harvard’s Arts and Humanities dean, Philosophy professor Sean D. Kelly has been thinking big about how to make the humanities work for career-driven undergrads — and taking small steps to support faculty in the division. But some bigger changes have been put on hold as the Faculty of Arts and Sciences tightens its budget following the Trump administration’s moves to axe federal funding.

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