Word: expectance
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...last general argument is that moral decisions will cost money that could otherwise have been spent for academic purposes. But President Bok cannot honestly expect moral choices always to be completely painless. The health of this institution depends on much more than its liquidity. Bok rhetorically asks at the conclusion of his last letter "whether much will truly be lost by the reluctance of academic institutions to exert collective pressure." He, of course, does not believe the price of some amorality would be too high. After all, Harvard only contributes a small amount to the profits of these corporations...
Albert E. Rees, honorary research associate in Economics, on leave for the year from Princeton, says he doesn't expect immediate results' from his studies of youth unemployment. Still, he says he has found that whether a teenager is employed bears no relation to his parents' employment status, but rather it seems to correspond to whether his brothers and sisters have jobs...
...some hard knocks, and he called for more integration of research and teaching and the development of several new areas of business study. James Heskett, chairman of the Masters of Business Administration program, calls the report "a very good invitation to discussion," but few Business School officials expect many changes to come from it. Some, including many students, feel Bok's criticisms are unjustified...
...resignation overshadows the latest controversy surrounding the GSD. In March, an official of the American Planning Association (APA) said the organization had rejected Harvard's application for renewal of APA recognition of its degree program. Soon the APA clarified its position--they just needed more information, and Harvard officials expect to pass despite APA's initial disapproval. But the APA's initial criticisms of the department's emphasis on economics at the expense of a traditional planning curriculum highlights the basic conflict inside and outside of the department...
...implied that he would not mount a strike against the company should contract negotiations fail in September. And Justice Department trustbusters gave Chrysler permission to buy prototype emission-control and seat-belt systems from General Motors at a big saving in research and development costs. Many auto industry experts expect that Chrysler will survive, but as a smaller, less competitive entity. The company's best hopes are that the Government would not allow the industry to be dominated by GM and Ford alone, and that lacocca somehow will improve the company's shabby planning and marketing. Says Sperlich...