Word: cfia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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RESEARCH: In 1958, at the height of the Cold War CFLA was created as an autonomous unit within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS). The main objective of CFIA was--and remains--research of problems and trends in international relations. The impact of the center on U.S. foreign policy is apparent: at one time or another Henry Kissinger, Zbigniew Brzezinski and Thomas Schelling worked on CFLA projects. Today, the CFIA is the largest university-based center for international affairs research in the United States...
...CFIA is only one of he many international research institutes at Harvard. Several area centers--including the Center for European Studies, the Russian Research Center and the Japan Institute--focus on the problems of particular regions ore countries. In addition, "problem" oriented institutes examine specific issues: the Center for the Study of World Religions and the Center for Population Studies are two such organizations...
Student programs are becoming an increasingly integral part of international Harvard. CFIA Director Samuel Huntington in particular is trying to get undergraduates more involved with the center's activities. Last December for example, the CFIA created council of student advisors that has 24 members ranging from freshmen to graduate students. Says Odell: "We were surprised at the level of ignorance. The Center's prime constituents among the student body didn't know what was going on at CFIA. That is why we started this council, to get more student input...
...CFIA's student programs include summer grants that permit undergraduates to travel abroad in order to research theses and an international studies network that puts students and faculty with similar interests in international affairs into contact with each other...
...into a computer. Then, if a student is working on a paper or project with international dimensions and needs additional sources or advice, he asks the computer. If a professor wants a research assistant, he can find one through the network. Richard Burkholder, graduate student advisor to the CFIA and director of the computer network, is confident the project can generate student interest. "So far," says Burkholder. "We have had over 1000 users, including many faculty members and grad students. Now we are going to make a real push for undergraduates...