Word: africa
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This year's council and its chair, Kenneth E. Lee '89, had settled into a new role for the student government--institutional activism. Adopting such causes as divestment from South Africa, minority and women faculty hiring and opposition to the nine all-male final clubs, the council embraced a set of issues that have long topped the progressive agenda...
...Harvard philosophy is to continue todivest from companies doing more harm than good[in South Africa]," Liebman says...
Morrell says Radcliffe has a similar policy.Out of 20 South Africa-related resolutionsconnected to withdrawal or cutting economic tiesthat Radcliffe has voted on this year, theschool's investment committee ruled against ineight cases. All instances involved drugcompanies...
...some other universities have chosen todivest completely from companies which haveholdings in South Africa. Columbia University, forinstance, "does not invest in any companies whichhave facilities in South Africa," says Roberta M.Weil, the school's vice president for investments...
...Liebman says, although some schools haveofficially divested, "many remain more involvedwith the economy of South Africa than Harvard,"because of economic ties retained by companieseven after they have officially left the country.And, in fact, Weil says Columbia's divestmentpolicy "does not affect [a company's] licensing"in South Africa...