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Harvard's efforts to face the implications of Federal aid have illumed not only President Pusey's hesitant approach to the future but also some of the reasons for a widening breach between Faculty and Administration The National Defense Education Act affidavit, the abortive Cheever Report, and two disorganized Faculty meetings devoted to Harvard's relation with the government have revealed inability to anticipate problems, unwillingness to cope directly with difficulties that emerge, desire to avoid rather than exploit the potentials of Federal aid, and, above all, basic failure to deal with Faculty opinion...
When Mr. Pusey remarked two months ago of the Cheever Report on Federal Aid that "it was purely descriptive; policy will evolve slowly over the next few years;" and two weeks ago of the University's position on civil defense that "We never anticipate" he described the tenor of his Administration all too precisely. Not that anybody can reasonably suggest that the President make all the essential decisions of the next decade this spring. But his reluctance to make up his mind on matters which urgently need direction not only leaves the problems themselves unsettled but the concerned Faculty foundering...
Pusey and Administrative Vice-President L. Gard Wiggins, who is responsible for all of the University's federal projects, endorsed last week the Cheever Report, "Harvard and the Federal Government," which saw no present infringement on the University's independence. Pusey added that he also thought that the Faculty indicated "overwhelming approval of the University's approach to Federal...
...Faculty member reported that he and his colleagues feel that the Cheever Report adequately described the present Harvard-Federal government relationship but did not alert the Faculty to several problems and concerns in the future...
...Cheever Report may be a prelude to such a combined effort; along with similar reports from 22 other institutions of higher learning, it will be incorporated into a Carnegie Foundation report (organized by Pusey) that will offer conclusions about relations between the government and higher education...