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...year. These funds currently support medical and scientific research critical to millions of people, and to our common national interests. Though the outcome of the court’s decision is regrettable, Harvard has made the correct decision by agreeing to aid military recruiters on campus. HLS Dean Elena Kagan ought to be commended, moreover, for urging all members of the Harvard community to robustly oppose the military’s discriminatory employment policies. Her suggestion that students register their disapproval of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” by demonstrating against...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: Constitutional, But Immoral | 3/10/2006 | See Source »

...school’s 27-year-old nondiscrimination policy—following a Supreme Court ruling that forced the school to choose between assisting the Pentagon or forgoing over $400 million in federal funds to Harvard.In an e-mail to students and professors yesterday, Law School Dean Elena Kagan announced the decision to “provide Career Services assistance to the military, as the School does to non-discriminating employers.”Until 2002, the school required all employers to sign a nondiscrimination pledge as a condition for access to the career placement office. The military, which excludes...

Author: By Paras D. Bhayani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HLS To Abide by Court’s Decision | 3/8/2006 | See Source »

...federal funding from schools that restrict military recruitment on campus.The Pentagon has told Harvard officials that if the Law School were to maintain its nondiscrimination policy and exclude military recruiters, the entire University would lose over $400 million a year in federal funds.Last fall, Law School Dean Elena Kagan bowed to those Pentagon threats, granting military recruiters access to the school’s Office of Career Services.Kagan did not respond to repeated requests for comment yesterday, and a spokesman for the Law School said that administrators are still reviewing the decision and plan to release a statement today.HARVARD...

Author: By Javier C. Hernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: High Court: Schools Must Allow Recruiters | 3/7/2006 | See Source »

Harvard adopted its nondiscrimination policy in 1979 and enforced it until 2002, when then-Dean Robert C. Clark, under heavy Pentagon pressure, agreed to grant military recruiters an exemption. Kagan again barred military recruiters in late 2004, but relented less than a year later...

Author: By Javier C. Hernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Court Says Schools Must Let Military on Campus | 3/6/2006 | See Source »

...work with alumni was a highlight of his time at HLS. “I am particularly proud of the way we’ve re-engaged the alumni, making them active partners in the life of the Law School,” he said. Law School Dean Elena Kagan credited Nichols with “rais[ing] more funds than any single person in legal education,” and said that his work has allowed the Law School to carry out many of its recent initiatives, such as increasing financial aid and funding faculty research initiatives...

Author: By Paras D. Bhayani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HLS Dean Scott Nichols To Resign After 20 Years | 3/6/2006 | See Source »

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