November 26, 1999

Professors Share Academic Deanship at Harvard Education School; Spokesman for Business-School Group Moves to Distance-Education Company

By ROBIN WILSON and KATHERINE S. MANGAN

The careers of Judith D. Singer and John B. Willett have been intertwined since shortly after the two of them landed at Harvard's Graduate School of Education 15 years ago. Both statisticians, they have done most of their research together, jointly writing two books and several articles. They even successfully negotiated a joint bid for tenure six years ago. Now, in an arrangement unique not only to Harvard but to most of higher education, they are sharing the job of academic dean at the

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