Word: appointive
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When Bok reorganized the administrative structure, he rejected the suggestion that he appoint a provost--a kind of vice president for academic affairs. "If he had a provost," says Rosovsky, "he would cut himself off from what interests him most." John T. Dunlop, Bok's first dean of the Faculty, echoes Rosovsky. "More so than presidents of other universities." Dunlop says, "he is really seriously interested in the quality and policy directions of educational programs." Others, including one senior Faculty member, do not question Bok's commitment to education but feel that, despite the reports, "it's hard...
...should appoint some Third World members to the committee this time. He should also abide by the HIID charter, which states that the Faculty Council "shall consider all matters requiring or likely to require the action of or attention of the President and the Corporation." The charter also states the "Corporation appointments in the Institute" shall be "within the purview of the council...
Civiletti's decision not to appoint a special prosecutor was based in part on a technicality: the 1978 Ethics in Government Act, which requires the Attorney General to appoint an outsider to probe damaging accusations against Administration officials, was passed after the Justice Department had already begun looking into the charges against Textron. Civiletti added, however, that he had "very serious doubts that specific information sufficient to trigger the act has been developed indicating that Secretary Miller has violated any criminal law." Civiletti said he was directing the Justice Department "to proceed with all possible speed" to bring before...
...really raises two separate issues: whether politics should affect the decision to appoint Harberger to the Economics Department, and whether they matter in his appointment to head HIID...
...question of whether to appoint Harberger to an academic position in the Economics Department is thus a much more tortuous one than Bok wants to believe. Harberger is clearly not as extreme a case as the example of a Nazi appointment Bok invoked at Lowell House. But the political questions raised by his appointment to the Economics Department cannot be simply dismissed, as Bok has, on the high ground of academic freedom...