Word: fainsod
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...student members of the Committee of Fifteen have prepared an amendment to the recommendations of the Fainsod Committee which, if approved, would allow students in the Houses to elect directly the Harvard student members of two proposed student-Faculty committees...
...Role of the Council-Backers of the Fainsod plan stressed the council as a "Dean's Cabinet" able to work harmoniously with the dean, while opponents of the plan viewed the council more as a Faculty steering committee, where opposing points of view could be hammered out before proposals came to the floor of the Faculty...
Politicization of the Faculty-Those supporting the proposal to elect council members argued that the PR system would reduce the incentive for political organization within the Faculty, while backers of the Fainsod plan replied that regular elections would inevitably "policize" the Faculty. The election proponents then retorted that having the dean select members would drag him deep into whatever Faculty polities existed...
Legitimacy of the Council-Fainsod and others argued that the dean, in making appointments to the council, would be striving to make sure all faculty factions were represented. Opponents of the Fainsod plan countered by saying that, while the dean might very well do this, it was important that all Faculty members participate in the selections. so that they would recognize the council's legitimacy and stand by it even in a crisis...
Yesterday. Fainsod objected to the citation of other universities "where, we were told, democracy ruled triumphant." proceeded to analyze the other universities, and found their elected bodies and electoral systems not comparable to those proposed by Arrow, Arrow, a former Stanford professor, took issue with Fainsod's view, at least in the case of Stanford, which he said was essentially similar to Harvard...