Word: interests
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Although such steps can and ought to be taken immediately, there is no long-range solution to the academic frustrations of black students short of the addition to the Harvard Faculty of persons qualified to teach in areas of interest to black students, and of the development of a pattern of instruction in these areas. On the other hand, however essential the enrichment of Harvard's course offerings, the augmentation of its Faculty, and the creation of a formal structure for the teaching and study of Afro-American studies, there are steps that can and ought to be taken...
...Head Tutors reported that courses, tutorial and independent study dealing with Afro-American material could, under present rules, be counted for concentration and related work. The Government Department, for example, noted that "in three of the four required areas. . . it would be possible for a student with a strong interest in black studies to fulfill his Departmental requirements with work in this area." In Social Relations, the "basic policy is to encourage students with such interests by allowing them to develop a program drawing upon the full resources of the University." Similarly, concentration requirements in History, English, Social Studies...
...growing interest in Afro-American Studies has stimulated the development of informal but carefully conceived study groups and non-credit seminars. In two Houses, for example, groups are studying black literature. Faculty members, graduate students and undergraduates have participated in planning and teaching these groups. In addition, a number of relevant seminars are offered by the Institute of Politics...
Contrast the Fordham experience with the vicious attacks at Boston University which caused this year's freshman enrollment in Army ROTC to drop 58 per cent, one of the largest losses in the nation. As a matter of interest, Harvard's freshman enrollment in Army ROTC dropped 37 per cent this year, also more than the national average; but the loss was more than compensated by a record-shattering gain of 308 per cent in Military Science III enrollment--largely students from the Harvard Law School...
...concerned about a potential "disservice to the maintenance of the national defense establishment, as now constituted." We contend that any aspect of the status of ROTC at Harvard which is a disservice to the principles of the liberal art institution cannot possibly be a true service to the national interest, for whose physical protection a national defense establishment exists. At present, the ROTC programs render a disservice to Harvard through the incompatibility of several aspects of their goals and structure with the liberal arts spirit and the principle of academic freedom...