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Harvard administrators, however, are building their hopes for financial independence on student employment. Congress has more than doubled funding for the College Work Study Program, granting $2 million to Harvard and $400,000 to Radcliffe in 1979-80. CWSP provides a subsidy of 80 per cent of students' salaries for jobs with non-profit organizations, including Harvard. Lawrence E. Maguire '58, director of student employment, says the program has doubled in the past three years and probably will double again next year. CWSP funds are available only to students on financial aid. About 1500 Harvard and Radcliffe students took jobs...
These accomplishments, however, were shadowed by a host of internal and organizational problems. Low attendance plagued the assembly--over the year, attendance hovered between under the 50 per cent quorum and about 70 per cent. This show of apathy fueled students' criticism of assembly members as "resume-stuffers," but Pfeffer noted that "committees are where the real work is done, and they are almost always well-attended...
...chairman of the assembly. The North and South House Committees recommended that their House delegates boycott the assembly, although both Houses called off the boycotts after the assembly agreed to poll the students on the issue. Pfeffer, who resigned her CDU membership after the poll revealed that 46 per cent of undergraduates disapproved of the idea of parties, believes "the issue has now disappeared. The CDU had completely good intentions, but it backfired and damaged the reputation of the assembly...
...aspiring to take charge and run something, Harvard Business School graduates are walking into prestigious jobs with starting salaries averaging $25,000 a year. Applications to Harvard's Law School fell 7 per cent this year, and Business School applications rose 11 per cent. Few would say the times are rough at the Business School...
...Massachusetts political upset, Edward J. King stunned Gov. Michael S. Dukakis in the Democratic gubernatorial primary, garnering 51 per cent of the vote to the Duke's 42 per cent. State Rep. Michael Connally edged Lois M. Pines in the hotly-contested race for Massachusetts Secretary of State...