Word: associationism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although the Young Report was justified by University officials as an attempt to improve the caliber of its Overseers candidates, the changes will make the process ridiculously undemocratic. One change is that the "official" candidates--those nominated by the Harvard Alumni Association--will be listed separately (meaning first) on the...
Other changes will give administration officials greater say over who the Alumni Association nominates, despite the fact that the Board is supposed to evaluate the performance of all administration officials.
The result is that the Alumni Association will nominate only those alumni who fully support the University's policies. And those nominees, benefitting from a glowing Alumni Association endorsement and a prime spot on the ballot, will be able to get more votes than "unofficial" candidates, no matter how qualified...
Although the Board traditionally has acted as a formal rubber-stamp for the Corporation--the body that takes care of Harvard's day-to-day operation--HRAAA has hoped to elect enough overseers to force a Board vote on the University's South Africa-related investment policy. With Tutu, there...
DURING the campaign, Alumni Association officials attacked the HRAAA effort for its attempts to produce "single-issue" candidates. A single-issue overseer would be a bad overseer, it is true, but it is silly to think that HRAAA overseers have limited their interests solely to divestment when so many other...