Word: concerned
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...Muller, who is executive director of the Council of Viet Nam Veterans and the emerging spokesman for the movement, wants vets in more key Government positions. He notes that "only five of the 700 'policy' posts filled by Carter have gone to Vietvets." There is also growing concern in the Government about veterans' allegations that Agent Orange, a defoliant used during the war, might have inflicted serious injuries on servicemen exposed...
...problems, which were anticipated ten years ago and articulated in a report by Dean Rosovsky earlier this year, remain the focus of concern for GSAS administrators and individual departments. Besides the more general considerations affecting the quality of the nation's graduate education, GSAS students and Faculty also spent this year discussing internal administrative problems peculiar to Harvard. No group initiated substantial changes, because "change at the GSAS is like a slow-moving ship," says Edward L. Keenan '57, dean of the GSAS. But administrators and students have clearly maneuvered into positions from which to take action next year...
...committee this year dispelled student concern that GSAS financial aid was distributed unequally among departments, by compiling research which found that the aid system overall does not discriminate against any departments. "They found the distribution of money system was fairly equitable," Smolin says...
...courses came out last week with an expected fanfare. After all, it is the first Faculty review of undergraduate education in ten years. Sadly, only Dean Rosovsky's grandstanding seems able to provoke Faculty consideration of the educational experience of undergraduates. This should be an issue of more constant concern...
...courses fit the letter of the guidelines, students may glean some benefits from a meticulous course-by-course review by the Core committee. It is more important, however, that the principles at the heart of the Core continue to be scrutinized as well. The Faculty should show constant concern for undergraduate education, Core or no Core...