Word: mergers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...present merger plan, like most compromises, satisfies almost everyone and pleases almost no one. Harvard has accepted the fact that it is cheaper to support Radcliffe than to create new coeducational facilities. Radcliffe has approved the merger rather than lace a desperate financial crisis, and is trusting to Harvard's goodwill and student concern to safeguard the interests of women...
...main question most Cliffies are asking is whether or not the new merger plan is a better deal for women. Does Radcliffe have more power to further women's interests as a separate institution or as part of Harvard? How flexible will the new contract be to changes regarding admissions and the ratio of women to men? Why is the contract being rapidly pushed through before Bok takes office? Does the four-year clause freeze the issue until 1975? How much power will the Dean/President of Radcliffe have to further the interests of women at Harvard...
Radcliffe women are not the only people questioning the new merger plan. Alumnae and women on the faculty and in the Administration have expressed doubts as to Harvard's sincere commitment to furthering educational opportunities for women. On the other hand, there are women who feel that Radcliffe alone would not do a better...
...merger contract between Harvard and Radcliffe will become effective June 30, 1971 and be subject to review during the academic year 1974-1975. Although the contract itself has not yet been drawn up, Daniel Steiner, Legal Counsel to the University, will base the contract on the final report of the Committee on Harvard-Radcliffe Relationships, released January 25. The committee which drew up the final report consisted of Presidents Bunting and Pusey, Radcliffe Trustees Helen H. Gilbert and Frances C. Donovan and Corporation members Hugh Calkins and Frances H. Burr. An implementation committee under Dean Dunlop now has the report...
...report basically assumes that "A total merger of Radcliffe College into Harvard University is not desirable at this time." What it achieves is a masterpiece of how to have your cake and eat it too-Harvard will obtain co-education without changing its admissions policies, while Radcliffe will relinquish financial responsibility for housing and administration, without giving up its endowment...