Word: hoc
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hoc committee of minority students at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the school administration mor moved closer to agreement in a Faculty Council discussion of the students' proposal for a revamped minority program last week, although the two groups still disagree on whether the minority recruite, must be a member of a minority group...
Many voices were in favor of cooling it. Minnesota Congressman Donald Fraser, who chairs the congressional ad hoc human rights group, believes that in the long run the rights issue will have to be dealt with on a "quieter level." He urges a distinction between "trying to influence other countries, [which will mean] some fruitless endeavor and may get us in all sorts of trouble," and being "just prepared to say where we stand." Carter referred to the difficult balancing act between these two positions during a courtesy call at the Department of State. Said...
...when an ad hoc committee of concerned GSAS minority students made several recommendations about the school's program, the University administration prepared for yet another look at the problem that has plagued them since minority recruitment levels became an issue...
...combat these problems, the ad hoc student group suggested that the GSAS set up a committee to oversee the entire admissions process, increase the financial aid available to minority students and hire a minority group member of attract candidates and help minority students once they enroll in the GSAS...
Next door to the White House, in the stately old Executive Office Building, a nine-man ad hoc team held its first meeting last week. In Washington, task forces and special committees bloom and die like cherryblossoms -and often make about as much impact on policy-but this group is different. Its boss is James Schlesinger, 48, he of the omnivorous intellect and encyclopedic résumé, the man chosen by Jimmy Carter to take charge of the nation's energy problems. The group's goal: to produce a 50-page document outlining, as the President...