Word: allison
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...what effect has the whole controversy had on the K-School? "I learned that as dean of the school I need to be more sensitive to the feelings and concerns of all the school's constituencies so as to avoid actions of such offense that parties can be harmed," Allison says, adding, "This is not to say all parties will approve of all actions the school will take. This is also not to put my finger into the wind and follow wherever prevailing sentiments...
...Allison says he blames himself for the intensity of the controversy, and the consequent pain suffered by the Engelhard family. "I suspect that if the resolution that emerged had been the proposition at the outset that the controversy would not have emerged," But such a compromise would probably not have been possible last fall, when both the ad- ministrators and the students appeared adamant and the controversy looked as if it might blow over...
...debate over the library does not appear to have harmed the school. It dissuaded one speaker, an industrialist, from coming to the K-School, but many other controversial figures disregarded the commotion and spoke at the school anyway, Allison says. And Jackson points out that the school does not appear to have lost any donations because of the controversy. Two years ago, the K-School adopted a more organized fundraising method to raise $25 million, and has already raised about $16 million, much of it during this controversy-filled year...
...Allison points out that the issue has not helped the fundraising efforts at the K-School. "For the administration, faculty and students not to recognize the importance of external donors to the University and to be appreciative of their generosity and to recognize that this generosity can be given or taken away is very short-sighted," he says. He adds, "One of every three dollars on education spent at Harvard comes from the generosity of some donor, either directly or from endowment income." There is a widespread syndrome among students and faculty at Harvard to be ungrateful, while expecting...
...controversy may have benefitted the community. Allison plans this summer to form a group to consider how the K-School can use what it has learned from the Engelhard controversy to protect the interests of donors while simultaneously taking into account the positions of all members of the community. This gifts committee will draw from not only members of the ad hoc committee, but also experienced fundraisers. Allison says he doubts it will ever come up with a definitive statement on gifts. Such a statement coincides with President Bok's position on the ethical implications of gifts, which suggests that...