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The relationship between the DuBois Institute and the Afro Department is becoming an issue in the proceedings of a committee that has been searching for new Afro faculty for over a year. Guinier says that candidates are concerned with the availability of research facilities and that several of them have...
Guinier says he is also concerned about Leonard's insistance on separating the DuBois Institute from any teaching functions. "It's hard to think that anything Harvard does should not help students. It's a betrayal of the purposes of the institute. Research has to relate to life," he says...
Bok's special assistant says the question of Afro's relationship with DuBois is "legitimate but overplayed." He adds, "We tried to develop the two independent of each other so both could participate with each other on even and equal terms. Individuals who are intellectually astute should realize that."
Guinier was joined in his crusade against the Leonard proposals last spring by a student-faculty group called the United Committee of Third World Organizations. It is not clear how either Guinier or the Third World group will deal with the issue this fall, but one of its leaders said...
For his part, President Bok has already begun appointing members of the DuBois Institute's advisory board. Leonard said that the bulk of the board will be drawn from Harvard faculty. Bok is also expected to appoint a secondary advisory committee, whose members would come from without the University, later...