Word: internship
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...participating in a new eight-week summer internship program organized by the Harvard-based chapter of the Overseas Development Network (ODN), which is aimed at getting students out of offices and into "the field...
Then, there was the South African internship program, proposed by President Derek C. Bok in an open letter released in late September. The program, which would send interested Harvard students to serve as interns in South African educational institutions that help Blacks, came under fire in the winter. Harvard continued to support the program, dismissing student and faculty criticism, until it became obvious that those the University hoped to help-South African Blacks--didn't want the interns. The University cancelled the program in March...
Consider the internship program. Rather than talk with the people of South Africa, who Harvard was ostensibly trying to help, the University prescribed their own solution to the problem of apartheid. And when students and faculty revealed that the program did not meet the needs of Blacks, Harvard ignored their criticism. That is until some of the most eminent South Africans, including Desmond M. Tutu joined people in attacking the Harvard internship idea...
...internship program is only a small part of the broad issue of divestment. Although its becoming more and more clear that opposition to divestment is no longer a viable position, it still is true that reasonable people could oppose such a move by the University. However, those people, of whom many are Harvard administrators, should not be afraid to debate the issue openly with members of our community who disagree. Rather than trying to influence an election where some candidates are running on a pro-divestment platform, Harvard should listen to alumni on this issue. And, the Overseers, rather than...
...attempts to solicit student opinion, this year has seen no slackening in an old and very different trend. The University continues a tradition of secrecy in student disciplinary matters. It proved itself to be adroit at manhandling student sentiment through the ill-conceived South Africa internship program...