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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...community. First, the fact that the faculty is the least diverse of all groups within an educational institution speaks volumes about what it values in teaching and research. Ideas of merit, then, come to reflect the perspective of a society which has utilized this criteria in order to historically maintain racial domination, such that objective justice dictates that Harvard should erect a corrective standard which provides equal opportunity. However, if one reads the responses of Harvard's academic leaders to the Report submitted by the University's Association of Black Faculty and Staff, there is a grudging admission that...

Author: By Ronald Walters, | Title: Conservatism Closing the Mind | 6/7/1989 | See Source »

...have continued to maintain [the Afro-American Studies] Department over the years, and that has not always been easy," Bok said...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, | Title: Diversity Major Theme At Reunion Symposium | 6/6/1989 | See Source »

...work is more focused in English now than it used to be, so I decided I would have more freedom in English," said Johnson. She said that she plans to continue teaching some French literature courses through her appointment in Comparative Literature, which she will maintain...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: Johnson Joins English Dept. | 6/6/1989 | See Source »

...during the spring of my freshperson year, shortly after the shanties had been constructed. He had emerged from his Massachusetts Hall bunker to join a dialogue on divestment organized by student activists. The pro-divestment position was clear: Harvard, as an institution that promotes democratic values, should not maintain investments that support anti-democratic regimes...

Author: By Michael J. Bonin, | Title: The Essence of Derek Bok | 6/6/1989 | See Source »

...adopt a tougher, more adversarial trade posture toward Japan? From Silicon Valley to Capitol Hill, many Americans long to retaliate against Japan for what they regard, with some justification, as one-sided trading practices. Yet the urge to lash out is tempered by a self-protective need to maintain harmonious economic and political relations with America's most vital Asian ally. The quandary has ; left the Bush Administration walking a fine line between heated cries to battle by congressional trade hawks and equally urgent calls for restraint by dedicated free traders. Last week President Bush took a congressionally mandated swipe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does Japan Play Fair? Getting Tough With Tokyo | 6/5/1989 | See Source »

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