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Dates: during 1970-1979
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It all depends on your definition of "periodically." Buried in the middle of the May 1977 agreement that redefined Radcliffe's educational, financial and legal relationship with Harvard, there is a clause outlining the functions of the Joint Policy Committee. The Committee, or the JPC as it would probably be...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Yes, Virginia, There Is a Joint Policy Committee | 11/3/1979 | See Source »

Horner says she would call a meeting if a dispute arose over a "major financial or legal matter." And both Presidents agree that, because of the close working relationships among the committee's members, there's no danger that important issues will be lost in the bureaucratic shuffle.

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Yes, Virginia, There Is a Joint Policy Committee | 11/3/1979 | See Source »

Both Bok and Wolfman agree that as the 1985 renewal date for the 1977 agreement draws closer, the Committee will have to sit down and, in Bok's words, "figure out what's going on." Bok explains that the Committee originally designed to draft the 1977 agreement, is not expected...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Yes, Virginia, There Is a Joint Policy Committee | 11/3/1979 | See Source »

The "normal administrative way," in the case of high level policy issues, is usually the frequent meetings between Bok and Horner. Burton I. Wolfman, administrative dean of Radcliffe and nominal secretary to the Committee says, "There haven't been any issues that the Presidents couldn't solve." Horner is less...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Yes, Virginia, There Is a Joint Policy Committee | 11/3/1979 | See Source »

What would force the committee to meet? Bok suggests that if "we wanted to make some substantial change in Radcliffe buildings," he would call a meeting of the Joint Policy Committee. But nothing has come up. The South House dining hall received approval prior to May 1977, Wolfman says, and...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Yes, Virginia, There Is a Joint Policy Committee | 11/3/1979 | See Source »

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