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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Allison sums it up when he says, "If you ask if Engelhard's name is prominently and honorably displayed in the library, the answer is yes. If you ask if the books of Harvard carry the original name of Engelhard, the answer is yes. But if you ask if Harvard...

Author: By Susan K. Brown, | Title: That Damned Library | 6/7/1979 | See Source »

A CHUL meeting on boycotts only confused the matter further, with students and administrators accusing one another of misrepresentation. Nevertheless, a student-faculty Ad Hoc Committee on Consumer Boycotts emerged form the meeting, headed by Archie C. Epps III, dean of students. The committee recommendation contains a four-point proposal...

Author: By J. WYATT Emmerich, | Title: The Boycott Movement | 6/7/1979 | See Source »

Their central idea is the truth that a university has a "special mission" in the discovery and transmission of knowledge. A "special mission" is not a specialized function, one among others, as if a university were like a business corporation or a labor union. It is a mission special to...

Author: By Harvey C. Mansfield, | Title: The Faculty Speaks | 6/7/1979 | See Source »

Simon is quick to cite the advantages of the decrease in the size of his department. "By limiting the number to three, we can always place our students. If we target at one PhD, I think we can place that one scholar," he says. Simon, like Rosovsky, is not very...

Author: By Suzanne R. Spring, | Title: The Perils of the Perpetual Scholar | 6/7/1979 | See Source »

Smolin cites student-Faculty relations as another problem in the GSAS. "There is not nearly enough attention from professors and thesis advisers, especially in the humanities where you haven't proved yourself until your work is published in your last year," Smolin explains. "Invariably Harvard professors obey the tradition of...

Author: By Suzanne R. Spring, | Title: The Perils of the Perpetual Scholar | 6/7/1979 | See Source »

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