Yale Daily News

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Dean's job shifts to focus on diversity

Staff Reporter
Published Friday, February 2, 2007

As Dean of Student Affairs Betty Trachtenberg prepares to depart, the committee charged with replacing her must fill a position that has evolved to keep pace with a Yale community grown increasingly diverse since Trachtenberg was hired over two decades ago.

Several administrators said the creation two years ago of a Dean of Freshmen Affairs position — whose responsibilities previously belonged to the student affairs dean — has given Trachtenberg more time to spend on other areas, particularly issues involving diversity and tolerance on campus. The committee designated with finding...

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