Word: hoye
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Christopher D. Hoy '71, president of PBH, said that the Faculty subsidy has been used to underwrite administrative costs and help pay for professional consulting fees...
...plan-which includes the hiring of three community organizers and two researchers to form the urban studies teaching staff-is contingent upon PBH obtaining the necessary funds, estimated at $50,000. Describing the prospects for financing as "tentatively positive," Hoy said that the part of the plans involving the researchers could be implemented even without the money...
...purpose is to combine field work and theoretical work-to keep them both honest," Hoy said. "The courses on this campus focus only on theory. Only the Afro-American Studies department really attempts the kind of combination we have in mind...
...Administration's recent decision to limit independent studies is another factor motivating PBH. Undergraduates who in the past relied upon independent studies as a way of pursuing field work would have somewhere else to turn, Hoy said. "So far the Social Relations Department has been responsive-some sophomore Soc Rel concentrators already receive tutorial credit for work in mental hospital wards...
...Boston College is one example of a good field work program." Hoy said. "Twelve programs which range from organizing a local tenants' union to volunteering for National Welfare Rights give academic credit to 200 students...