Word: e4a
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...E4A, said Bliss, would probably offer more seminars if students asked the organization to provide programs unavailable elsewhere in the University. "We don't want our courses to be any less productive or useful than other courses," said Bliss, "but, if the resources are available, we will try to fulfill student requests...
...seminar program is E4A's latest addition, consisting, this semester, of two non-credit courses on China and Latin America. Though these discussion groups provide more continuity than one-time-only programs which E4A has run occasionally in the past, both groups are small and one is irregularly attended...
Shepherd Bliss, E4A project director and the coordinator of the Latin America group, said some students were apparently surprised to find a non-credit seminar demanding more of a commitment than regular courses. An advantage of his group, though, according to Bliss, is the contact it affords Harvard-Radcliffe students with people interested in Latin American issues from the local community and other colleges...
...E4A's most unique function remains the support it affords student-initiated summer projects and, since 1968, term-time projects on social change. By last September, E4A had funded over 250 projects bringing students into contact with social action in communities in the United States and abroad...
Decisions on funding-like all E4A policy decisions-are made by the Student Board which controls the organization. Though they hire a project director to handle most day-to-day administrative tasks, the board's members-there are usually about ten-set the direction for E4A's activities and philosophy. Some guidance is provided by an Advisory Board of faculty, students, and alumni chosen for their involvement in education and social action. But E4A's aim is to provide organizational and policy-making experience for undergraduates, and a student-run structure sensitive to the needs of the students involved with...