October 19, 2007

Boston U. to Spend $1.8-Billion on Faculty Hiring and Salary Increases

By Paula Wasley

Boston University unveiled on Thursday a 10-year, $1.8-billion effort to raise the institution's academic profile by hiring 150 new full-time faculty members and substantially increasing faculty salaries.

The announcement, by the university's president, Robert A. Brown, seems likely to usher in a period of harmony between the president and the faculty, who were bitterly at odds during the reign of John R. Silber, one of Mr. Brown's predecessors.

Much of the

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