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...least one secure option. By now he can’t even remember the names of all the companies he applied to. “I applied to a few places—10, I think,” he says. “McKinsey, Katz, BCG, Goldman, two at Credit Suisse, Bain...three more…[pause]…that was back in October.” A few minutes later he thinks he’s remembered another but just lists Bain again...
Signers of the letter included Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz, Professor of Economics Lawrence Katz, Dean of KSG Joseph S. Nye, Dean of Undergraduate Education Susan G. Pedersen’81-’82, Malkin Professor of Public Policy Robert D. Putnam, Stone Professor of International Trade Jeffrey D. Sachs ’76 and Masters from five of the 12 Houses...
Last week, University President Lawrence H. Summers announced his decision to accept the major recommendations of the Katz Committee and to implement a wage increase for many of Harvard’s poorest workers. His choice is a wise one, as it will result in tangible and immediate wage increases for Harvard’s lowest-paid workers...
With that in mind, the Katz Committee report is disappointing since it calls for creating an incentive system that discourages low-paid, low-skilled workers from developing their abilities through the training programs that Harvard offers...
...rarely noted that the decrease in the real hourly wages of Harvard workers since 1994 has been far less steep than the decline for workers without a high school education or U.S. citizenship. The Katz Committee reported that real mean hourly wages of Harvard’s custodians fell 13 percent. Meanwhile the percentage of Harvard custodians who have high school diplomas fell 19 percent and the percentage who are U.S. citizens fell 24 percent. It is hardly a scandal that a less educated custodial staff with, presumably, somewhat less facility in the English language isn’t paid...