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...Jewett said his concerns stem from the delay in reaching a verdict. "I think it's important that disciplinary issues be handled fairly and effectively, but within a reasonable time period. It's not yet clear whether the CRR does that." He said he has not yet decided whether he thinks the CRR should be abolished, a move many students have clamored for ever since it was founded...
...Divestment: Jewett sticks to Harvard's policy of intensive dialogue with South Africa-linked firms. He said he "doesn't particularly see divestment as a useful tool in influencing" the apartheid state. He said he would prefer to see student pressure on Washington and would support a public policy pressuring the regime to reform its apartheid laws. But, he said, the costs of Harvard's divesting would be great, both financially and in the precedent it would...
...Jewett said he does not believe a university should use its endowment to influence policy. In addition, he said he thinks if Harvard withdrew its South Africa-related investments, they could be snatched up by other stockholders who would not share Harvard's commitment to improving South African Blacks' opportunities...
About the anticipated upsurge in anti-apartheid demonstrations on campus Jewett said: "I assume and feel it's appropriate for students to continue their interest in South Africa and to be involved in activities here and in the national area. I hope they will do so without interfering with University business...
Spence and other administrators have said they have no immediate plans to change Harvard's system, and Jewett said he has some reservations about whether such a change would be useful at his alma mater. His concerns lie in students' obligation to turn in their peers for cheating--"self-policing" as Jewett terms it. He said he will be interested to hear from students on this issue, "since it will only work if students honor it," and stressed that an honor code is unlikely to be implemented unless students give it "overwhelming support...