Word: administrationitis
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The chairman of the House Republican Conference and third-ranking Republican in the House said the Carter administration has not dealt with economic issues consistently, and cited the statements of former cabinet members W. Michael Blumenthal and Juanita H. Kreps to support his point.
"There is no single economic policy in this administration for fighting inflation," he said, adding that Carter has not been able to "chart a course and stick to it."
Because of Silber's determination to stifle criticism, the administration adopted a new publication policy under which student activity fees cannot finance student publications. The B.U. News and Commonwealth magazine both folded partly as a result of this policy.
THE CLEAR RESULT of these policies is to discourage dissent and erode academic freedom. The B.U. administration argues that persons at other universities should not interfere with its internal problems, but to accept that reasoning is to turn one's back on the extraordinary and indisputable violations of the rights...
Of course, Silber's administration is not without its achievements. His organizational skills and reputation for academic brilliance initially gave B.U. a facelift and injected it with new credibility. But the authoritarian atmosphere at B.U. has overridden these gains and the tension and turmoil have at times made a shambles...