Word: discussing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Your Mideast coverage illustrates the ineffectiveness of the U.N. as a peacekeeper. U Thant's wishy-washy attempt to discuss the issue with Nasser, his pulling out of troops, and the pointless speeches by delegates show the urgent need for reform...
Although few activists in Roxbury are willing to discuss the situation, it seems certain that the violence was almost exclusively precipitated by the actions of the police. Yet the restraint Roxbury residents have shown on previous occasions suggests that the police activity this time was taken very, very seriously. As community agencies, the anti-poverty program, and civil rights news from other parts of the country increase the awareness of Boston Negroes, they become more willing to redress their grievances and less willing to stand by passively in the face of what they consider injustice. The new spirit manifested itself...
...spontaneously formed student group published a course evaluation book last fall which has sparked much debate. The book collated student comments and criticisms, and then offered the faculty members the opportunity to reply in print. The question of course evaluation was again raised by a student faculty panel discussion, and by an ad hoc committee which recommended changes in the grading system. Initiative came from both faculty and students for the creation of an independent student-faculty committee on instruction to continue to discuss teaching evaluation, curriculum changes and grading...
...found too that the law faculty was not only willing to provide them with a channel for their complaints, but was far less hostile to specific reforms than the students might have suspected. In November of 1966, Dean Griswold appointed twelve members to a joint student-faculty committee to discuss all issues of student complaint. Independent agitation for such a committee had come from individual students, from Professor Clark Byse who used these students as his allies to start the faculty moving toward reform...
...issue of discrimination in job placement, and recommended curriculum changes which would provide for more electives, promote extended writing experience, expand cross-registration with Harvard graduate programs, and explore the advantages of smaller classes. Wide-spread agreements with these complaints was manifested in two public forums held to discuss reform at the Law School...