Word: granting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...radical experiment," he was soon to discover, was the House Plan, which would be begun by the building of "a dormitory or 'House'" with the first anonymous grant, which was later revealed to have been given by Edward S. Harkness, Yale '87. President Lowell assured everyone that no change in teaching would result from the plan, only the "breaking up" of Harvard into "smaller social units in order to secure at the same time the advantages of the large and small institutions." Tutors would live in the House, undergraduates would join them in the dining hall, and athletic and library...
...College gasped. Although the grant was made for only one House, it was assumed that if this was successful eventually all undergraduates would be lodged in Houses. Few liked the idea. Students felt that their prized individualism, "completely self-wrought," would be taken away once they were forced to live and dine with a group of people chosen by Faculty members. The CRIMSON attacked the plan, and the Lampoon published a "Protest of the Masses Number" which heaped the full wrath of the Faculty and Administration upon its head. An apology to Mr. Harkness was demanded, and the 'Poonies, moaning...
Occupational Hazards. As Heald has already learned, running a foundation is full of pitfalls. No one could possibly quarrel with the foundation's recent grant of $25 million to the National Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Program to draw more talent into college teaching by helping promising graduate students. On the other hand, the $500,000 grant to set up an exchange program for U.S. and Polish artists and intellectuals could well have stirred up a flurry of protests. But politics and public opinion aside, philanthropy faces nettlesome occupational hazards...
...must also be wary of overselling a university on a project that it really has no business taking on. It must support group-research projects-for teamwork is the trend-but it must be careful not to slight the lone wolf. It has a responsibility to follow up its grants, but it must not dictate what its grantees do. Finally, it must master one of the most difficult tasks of all in foundationmanship-knowing when to terminate a grant. It must be able to get out of a project that is leading nowhere, but it must not end a project...
...applicant is notified of the conditions of his grant by a "tender of award" on a form prescribed by the Commissioner's office and standardized throughout the league. In his tender, the applicant is notified of the amount of aid the college will offer him and the terms on which it is given...