Word: less
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Well, times have changed. So much so that when the Kennedy School of Government began to train CIA agents this semester, it failed to provoke any student or faculty reaction at all--much less a reexamination of the CIA's role at Harvard...
...University of California at Santa Barbara reacted differently. When the CIA announced its "officer-in-residence" program there this fall, students took to the streets, struck, and protested for longer than a month--until the political science department scaled back the program. Granted, Harvard's program is far less insidious than Santa Barbara's. There a CIA official with no academic credentials was invited to teach a political science course and take part in faculty seminars...
Unfortunately, the scandal failed to rivet Harvard's attention to the role of the CIA on campus for more than a passing moment. What is wrong with the Harvard community that it can let such a seminal academic issue pass without comment, much less examination? President Bok, who was so concerned with academic freedom last semester, did not issue any public statement on the CIA-training program...
Even his third place finish in Tuesday's primary was only a minor victory. The two fourth place finishers, and du Pont, were only three percentage points behind Kemp. Consequently, the New York Congressman's days are numbered; he has little momentum, less money, and no real prospect...
...faculty office numbers would surely help promote student-faculty interaction, as would the availability of student numbers to Harvard faculty (who are, I would guess, equally deprived of student directories). This is so obvious, in fact, that the lack of such access is a clear sign that "someone" is less than enthusiastic about such interaction...