Word: harvard
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...word "fellow" itself is derived from a Medieval English word meaning "holder of property." The President and Fellows hold Harvard's vast and far-flung empire, formulate the University's financial and educational policies, and alone can choose or oust a President...
When the John Reed Society and the Committee to Save Harvard Education were simultaneously turned down by the Corporation on Monday, they were stymied by what is in effect the University's highest court of appeal...
Popularly known as the Corporation, the self-perpetuating body of seven men, who constitute the President and Fellows of Harvard College, has been described by John Hayes Gardiner, Harvard historian, as "the owners and managers of the University in trust for the community...
...Yale Faculty members can stay nine years on non-permanent appointments, as opposed to eight at Harvard. At the end of that period they are kicked upstairs or shipped off to the minor leagues...
Moreover, a Yale teacher spends four years as an instructor, and five as an assistant professor; Harvard has eliminated the latter post and substituted a five-year position of Faculty instructor...