Word: bok
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...University counsel, argues, reneging on the Engelhard contract ex post facto would not only "impugn the good motives of the Engelhard Foundation," but would be poor "donor relations." Who would be willing to donate money if they knew the University would investigate the morality of their lives? President Bok said last month, "This type of thing should not be done ad hoc." This argument seems reasonable. Though it does not absolve Harvard's guilt for naming the library after Engelhard in the first place, it does, as Bok implies, point to the need for a general policy that would apply...
...SOUNDS very reasonable--if you are a corporate president or counsel. The students and others here expect more than textbook public relations gimmickry from a rich, non-profit and supposedly moral institution like Harvard. Yet, although the Corporation publicly refuses to apply political or moral criteria to its donors, Bok and the members of the Corporation do negotiate with and even reject the bearers of certain politically questionable gifts, albeit only in extreme cases. For example, Steiner this week revealed Bok's previously undisclosed rejection of a large donation from a "rather repressive government that seemed to be trying...
Traditionally, Harvard has never felt the need for performing professors, so assessing them was not a problem. In recent years, however, student pressure and a greater national enthusiasm for the performing arts has softened that stance. Still, President Bok firmly asserts that Harvard will not be transformed into a school that trains professional artists; and he is right to do so. Transforming Harvard into a conservatory or a professional arts school would swing the emphasis on performing art too far in the opposite direction, away from Harvard's commitment to a complete liberal arts education...
Harvard recognizes the value of learning from doers." To circumvent the problem of assessing artists for tenure, Bok is promoting ways of bringing students into contact with artists, even for short term exposure by encouraging activities like the "Learning from Performers" series...
...credit courses; in the interest of their education, they must somehow be accomodated. Exposure to performing--to creating and to expressing--is nearly as essential to the "liberal arts education" as is the exposure to analyzing and to critiquing, which is more heavily stressed in today's curriculum. Bok and many faculty members recognize this need and are working within time and budget constraints to achieve change in some areas. They must work harder to sooner integrate the performing arts into the curriculum, because Harvard has not yet made a solid commitment to performing artists. Only then will arts...