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...encompassed in a debate over the right of free speech, with Harvard University claiming the moral high ground as the neutral guardian of the rights of the community. And from that high ground, this community will be eldered, some in this community will be purged, and all of us may be bamboozled into accepting the primacy of a sham position-that of fair Harvard the neutral champion of rights...
Early this month, the Austin Committee issued its report. Beginning with a definition of the University as "a center of free inquiry," the Committee's report proceeds to say that the "University can best serve society by concentrating on that function [inquiry], and maintaining a neutral stance as a university on all political and social questions except those propositions (and it is a small list) where there is no longer room for argument among people who accept our basic socioeconomic political system..." According to the report, this small list includes protection of individual freedoms and opposition to racism...
...FACT-FINDER would have to weigh profitability above responsibility, the report maintains. Constricting financial pressures force an emphasis on fiscal returns. But more importantly, the report emphasizes that the University cannot "depart from the essentially neutral pursuit of truth...
...argument that the University must remain "neutral" teeters on a faulty foundation. The University is not neutral, because the University is more than a "center of free inquiry." It is also a billion-dollar corporation. By investing in politically and socially offensive enterprises, it is engaging in political acts. Since most corporations pursue some objectionable policies, the place to draw the line is not clearly marked. But some corporations are particularly offensive. If Harvard has no stock in them, it should buy none. And if it does own shares, it should use its influence to effect reform. At any rate...
...plaintiffs the broad interpretation of the Civil Rights Act that they had hoped for. "What Congress has commanded," he said, "is that any tests used must measure the person for the job and not the person in the abstract." Burger noted that even general intelligence tests that seemed neutral could work against blacks. "The touchstone is business necessity," he said. "If an employment practice which operates to exclude Negroes cannot be shown to be related to job performance, the practice is prohibited...