Word: action
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...weakened version of the affirmative action report is not only an attempt to lessen the non-administrative faculty voice, but also a direct slap in the face to a substantial group of students who have been committed to forcing FAS and the University to increase its minority hiring...
...faculty committee on women and minority faculty hiring, chaired by Pforzheimer University Professor Sidney Verba '53, has its first regular meeting, months after undergraduates from the Minority Students Alliance had charged Harvard with "complacency" in its affirmative action efforts...
...minority hiring. The report, written by Professor of Law Derrick A. Bell, calls for 10 percent minority representation within Harvard's faculty and staff by 1990. While Harvard officials say they agree with the tone of the Bell Report, they say they have their own plans for affirmative action and, for the first time, announce numerical goals for minority and women hiring...
...Verba Committee on affirmative action issues a report recommending the creation of a standing committee on affirmative action, the appointment of a senior professor in each department to address hiring issues and the installment of a new associate dean for affirmative action...
...Undergraduate Council presents administrators with a petition of 2379 student signatures urging Harvard to improve minority and women faculty recruitment, calling for new appoinments and affirmative action mechanisms...