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...confronted by protests over gifts from Southern Africa, Derek Bok wrote an open letter describing and justifying Harvard’s gift policy...
...agree, however, that colleges should make some attempt to ensure that their students are graduating with the knowledge and skills that concord with their own particular educational philosophy and standards. Such evaluations, taken seriously by leadership, can be prime motivators for better instruction. Interm President Derek C. Bok’s recent initiative to evaluate students’ writing skills before and after graduation is a good example...
...marked with a protest in front of Massachusetts Hall in which members of the Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM), joined by members of Black Mens Forum (BMF) and other undergraduates, attempted to hand deliver a letter to Interim President Derek...
...took a bold step in his push for a revised academic calendar yesterday, demanding an audience with the University’s top governing board at its next scheduled meeting on April 30. Petersen’s letter to the members of the Harvard Corporation, which comprises Interim President Derek C. Bok and six Fellows, comes after the UC’s staging of a student referendum on calendar change. “As the FAS community considers the [calendar] proposal in the weeks and days ahead, the Corporation must meet with student representatives...so that the community may move...
...Occasional lapses in order yesterday saw Interim University President Derek C. Bok reaching for his gavel, but the gavel’s bang was less jarring than the absence of former Interim Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles...