Word: consultancy
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...members of the Boston Union of Black South Africans and the Harvard students protested the program for about an hour, charging that Harvard did not adequately consult Black South Africans about the implications of the internship program in that racially torn nation...
...failing to consult Black South Africans the Steiner Committee acted exactly like the "nationalist government of South Africa by undermining efforts by Blacks to direct their own destiny in questions that directly affect them," said Moses Nkondo, a visiting scholar in Currier House and one of the five speakers at the rally...
...establish the internships quickly, the committee charged by President Derek C. Bok to establish the program failed to realize the implications of the internship idea in South Africa. By rushing the program to preempt the activities of divestment activists this spring, the committee, chaired by Steiner, neglected to consult with Black South African leaders or to adequately research prospective internships. The committee also failed to take into consideration harsh criticism of the program by Black South Africans at Harvard and offered a tentative list of internships at nine institutions which would provide little or no benefit to Blacks...
...mess became public last week when theSouthern Africa Solidarity Committee (SASC), apro-divestment student group on campus, released areport charging that the internship program was"structurally flawed" because the Universityfailed to consult with Black South Africans"representng real political constituencies" whensetting up the program...
Rather than debating, "Is this a political or a student issue," debate two things: the merits of the issue, and whether the council can do something about it. The council should consult constituents; take a referendum if necessary. Then vote and move on. The Council was intended to actively work for students, not to get bogged down in technicalities...