The Chronicle of Higher Education

Harvard's New Leader Rejects Labels, Saying She'll Be a President, Not a 'Woman President'

By PAUL FAIN

Cambridge, Mass.

In her first public address as Harvard University's new president, Drew Gilpin Faust said she intends to break down barriers between disciplines and schools while pressing for more collaboration at the university, setting an example she hopes will ripple throughout higher education.

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