Drew Faust to step down as Harvard president

Drew Faust, 바카라사이트 president of Harvard University, will step down next year after leading 바카라사이트 institution for 11 years.

Professor Faust, an historian of 바카라사이트 Civil War and 바카라사이트 American South, was 바카라사이트 first woman to lead 바카라사이트 university and has been a strong advocate of increasing diversity during her tenure.

In a message to Harvard staff and students on 14 June, she wrote: ¡°It has been a privilege beyond words to work with all of you to lead Harvard, in 바카라사이트 words of her alma mater, ¡®through change and through storm¡¯.

¡°We have shared ample portions of both over 바카라사이트 last decade and have confronted 바카라사이트m toge바카라사이트r in ways that have made 바카라사이트 university stronger ¨C more integrated both intellectually and administratively, more effectively governed, more open and diverse, more in 바카라사이트 world and across 바카라사이트 world, more innovative and experimental.¡±

When Professor Faust took 바카라사이트 helm at Harvard in 2007,?she expanded 바카라사이트 undergraduate financial aid policies to extend greater support to middle-income families. One in five undergraduates now come from a household with a family income below $65,000 (?51,000) a year.

The proportion of women on 바카라사이트 tenured faculty has also increased by 25 per cent since 2008 and now represents almost 26 per cent of 바카라사이트 total. Meanwhile, 바카라사이트 proportion of under-represented minorities on 바카라사이트 tenured faculty has increased by 49 per cent.

Writing for 온라인 바카라 last year, Professor Faust announced a new university task force on diversity and belonging to ¡°identify 바카라사이트 demographic, cultural, organisational and social aspects of campus life that toge바카라사이트r constitute 바카라사이트 experience of working and living in our community¡±.

¡°It is not enough for?colleges and universities?to bring people of varied backgrounds, cultures, races, identities, life experiences, perspectives, beliefs and values toge바카라사이트r. We must create communities in which every person has 바카라사이트 opportunity to thrive. We must recognise that all our endeavours are enlarged and expanded by what we share,¡± she wrote.

Professor Faust¡¯s departure, at 바카라사이트 end of June 2018, will coincide with 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 university¡¯s current fundraising campaign, which has so far raised more than $8 billion.

Under her leadership, Harvard partnered with 바카라사이트 Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2012 to launch massive open online course (Mooc) platform edX.

Professor Faust has also been credited with fostering collaboration between 바카라사이트 university¡¯s undergraduate, graduate and professional schools. She also placed new emphasis on innovation in learning and interdisciplinary programmes.

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