Word: implementation
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Indeed, Harvard has a history of deans of the College who implement sweeping changes early in their terms. Fox restructured the housing system, ending upperclass housing in the Yard, during his first semester as dean. And Ernest R. May--who served as Dean of the College for just two years--had to deal with the tensions of the 1969 University Hall takeover from his first...
...employer can tell a union that they can accomplish the same job with less money; they can use it as a bargaining tool," he says. "They are empowered; they can then go implement [outsourcing...
There were hints of this financial confidence when despite the endowment's summertime $1.3 billion plunge, administrators continued to implement long awaited--and expensive--changes. According to some officials, the market ills spurred by the Asian financial crisis even served as a catalyst, proving that Harvard could survive financial downturns...
...most dramatic example of the clash of temperaments, Knowles last year resisted the Harvard president's desire to implement a financial aid increase to rival those being announced throughout the Ivy League and beyond. Only this fall did Knowles decide to unveil a plan of his own, and only after the Corporation had voted to take a much larger chunk out of the endowment for annual spending...
Cambridge saw similar problems. Although its chief, Ronnie L. Watson, was hired to implement community policing, union problems and internal dissension have impeded his vision. The union protested against "geographic assignments"--placing officers semi-permanently in specific areas to bring them closer to their community...