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...soon-to-be interim president of Harvard, Derek C. Bok leads an institution far wealthier than it was 15 years ago, when his previous term ended. In those intervening years, this growth in the endowment has been accompanied by constant increases in tuition, student debt (especially in professional schools), and an unwelcome shift in the values expressed in the name of the University. As America has drifted into the sway of the money culture, so has Harvard...
...broken. Very soon, Harvard is scheduled to announce its tuition for 2006-07. Last year, the endowment rose by roughly $2.5 billion. Given this, will Harvard once again add to the financial burdens on students and their families? If any tuition increase is in fact announced, we urge Bok to intervene, as interim president, to postpone it, pending an inquiry into whether part of the University’s recent growth in wealth could be used to offset the need for more tuition...
...Bok will be ready to assume a strong presence on campus when he returns around the beginning of next month. David B. Fithian, the secretary of the Faculty, said he that the incoming interim president would have a new office in the Yard...
...understanding is that President Bok will have an office in Loeb House, 17 Quincy St., as of late March/early April,” David B. Fithian, the secretary of the Faculty, wrote in an e-mail...
...bill in favor of improving TF standards made a recommendation to require all first-time TFs to attend a teaching conference sponsored by the Bok Center for Teaching and Learning prior to the start of their first semester...