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Finance officials blame energy prices for drastically increasing University costs in recent years. From 1979-80 to 1980-81, the Faculty's energy budget jumped an astronomical 52.6 per cent; and the energy budget increased ninefold during the '70s--from $3 million in 1970 to $27 million last year. In an attempt to cut down on these costs, the Faculty last summer commissioned an investigation team to examine energy consumption in a number of its buildings. As a result, officials say, energy consumption may be halved over the next five years...
After effects of growth have led to student disenchantment. Two MPP students recently circulated a survey to gauge the satisfaction of their colleagues with the program, and more than 40 per cent of the respondents said they were unexcited by the MPP program. Two reasons commonly cited were the lack of contact with professors, and the size of the classes...
Some charge that gender discrimination--like that alleged in a grievance suit filed this year by Theda R. Skocpol, associate professor of Sociology, whose department denied her promotion to a tenured position--has blocked women from advancing into tenured posts. Women, they note, constituted 3.4 per cent of the 1979-80 Faculty (when comparative statistics were last compiled)--a figure below Michigan University's 6.8 per cent. Stanford University's 6.3 per cent, MIT's 5.2 per cent and Yale University's 4.5 per cent. Several say instances of racial discrimination have impeded minorities from gaining promotion toward tenure...
April 30--During a national anti-war strike. Harvard attendance falls to 25 per cent of normal levels...
March 18--The Graduate Student and Teaching Fellow Union launches a strike to protest the newly instituted Kraus plan for financial aid to students in GSAS. During the strike's first day, class attendance drops 30 per cent. Midway through the strike, which lasts ten days. President Bok announces he does not plan to recognize the union or take action to end the strike. On March 21, the union ends the strike because of insufficient support...