Word: interest
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...paid lip service in last spring's Corporation report. Clearly, then, the Kennedy School should return the money to the Charles Engelhard Foundation and rename the library to honor a more deserving figure. Only then will the school be able to boast of training scholars to serve the public interest...
...seems that an increase in enrollment in Afro-American Studies courses, and an increase in concentrators in the department, would be one sure way to show student interest in improving the department...
That selfish interest has moved Harvard sprawling in all directions across Cambridge, community organizers complain. Two of the demands during the student strike of 1969 were for lower rents in University-owned housing and an end to Harvard's incursions on surrounding neighborhoods. Neither has been put into effect, tenant organizer Sullivan says. "Instead, Harvard has recently begun serious real estate investment in the city, and created its own real estate corporation," Sullivan adds. In the last year, the University has tried to take at least one building out of the housing market, ordering tenants evicted so it could...
Other areas where the interests of Harvard and those of Cambridge have clashed include University expansion into the surrounding community and the burden Harvard's tax-exempt status places on the rest of the city. In both cases, a majority on the council charges Harvard with arrogance--a "longstanding, inbred arrogance," according to one city councilor. The add that the University has little feeling for the people their decisions affect. "The place doesn't talk with a coherent voice," Sullivan says. "The community relations people are people of good will and they understand the ramifications of Harvard's actions--they...
...Institutions must try to conquer the vices of business by responding in new ways to the human needs of their clients and learn to serve them without trampling on the public interest," Bok said...