Word: bok
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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President Bok discussed the Core Curriculum and spoke of "developing basic habits of mind...
...Bok warned students not to "squander the opportunity of a liberal education...
...branches of the University sometime become entangled with each other, abetted by Harvard's "each tub on its own bottom" policy, which dictates sufficient. But Steiner also serves as Mass that each branch of the University be self-Hall's "eyes and ears;" during the South Africa protests, while Bok was swamped by students, he strolled unassailed among them and tried to pick up the mood of the crowd. Whatever major decisions Bok makes, you can be sure Steiner had a hand in the choice...
...seven-member Corporation-- also known as the President and Fellows of Harvard College--are the legal owners of all of the University, its land, buildings, and investments. The Fellows stay in the background most of the time, and follow Bok's lead. Dissent at this level is a rarity, controversy almost unheard of. The only Corporation member to make a name for himself among students recently is Hugh Calkins '45, chairman of the Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (ACSR), the Corporation front man for the South AFrica controversy...
...first thing you need to know is that there are actually two bureaucracies that will share the Yard with you throughout the year. Massachusetts Hall--the Yard's oldest brick-and-ivy structure--houses the University administration. President Bok and his bevy of vice president oversee the College and all of the graduate schools, as well as all other University affiliates, from this unassuming perch. Across the way, in University Hall, more impressive and dominating by far, sits the College administration--the building's name is meant to confuse you. Here Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...