The last two notes commented on the flourishing of bureaucracy at the NSF and in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, so it seems only fair now to mention the latest from Harvard University. All of us faculty just received an email about the university’s policies and procedures (related to doxing, as it happens). It was signed by the President, the Provost, a Vice President, and fifteen Deans.

P.S. 10 Sept. Here’s another email. Another deanship has been created.

[5 September 2024]