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Last year's ACSR conducted some preliminary research into this question of financial cost. Many members of the Committee concluded that previous estimates that Harvard would lose millions of dollars by divesting were very excessive and have been refuted by the recent divestiture experiences of other institutions...
Taken individually, any of the oversights, irregularities, and appointment selection I have touched upon would not be cause for much alarm. But taken together, these inconsistencies belie a certain lack of commitment to maintain the integrity and good reputation of the ACSR, and make it imperative that we reexamine the ACSR's purpose and role...
Where, then, does the ACSR fit in: as a fully representative body whose judgement fairly reflects the views of the entire Harvard community, or as a shield to prevent the seven members of the Corporation from facing up to the hard questions on divestiture being posed today by so many diverse elements of Harvard society...
...light of the concerns raised in this analysis, I believe that undergraduates have the right to ask President Bok for certain clarifications and reforms in the ACSR charter in order to reinvigorate the Advisory Committee's good reputation. First, we must be assured that the central University Administration will follow the letter of the guidelines governing ACSR membership as closely as possible and that the Administration will monitor the deans to make sure that they are following the correct procedures in selecting student and faculty nominees...
Second, we must ask for revisions in the way all ACSR nominees are selected. ACSR openings, along with a description of the Committee, must be publicized through posters and advertisements in student, faculty and alumni newsletters, and through student government, faculty and alumni meetings. We should see that this requirement to publicize Committee openings is included in the criteria regulating alumni selection, if these criteria do in fact exist...