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...this in no way fits with my experience of the Center. I have heard every kind of view expressed in its seminars, in its miscellaneous gatherings, and around the lunch table. In particular I have myself under the general auspices of the Center published one small book and a number of articles dealing with African affairs, on none of which have I ever had the faintest suggestion that they should reflect or embody and particular point of view...
...addition I have for some years been in charge of an African lunch group meeting regularly at he Center, embracing graduate students, faculty, and various visitors, at which a considerable number of persons. African and non-African, have spoken. They represented every kind of view that I could lay hands on, and no authority in the Center either knew that particular individuals had been invited, suggested that others should be asked, or commented critically on those who came...
DUNLOP had originally negotiated a national settlement (the so-called "Model Cities agreement") to increase the number of black workers in the construction unions. The locals, however, "protected" union membership with a rigorous seven-year apprenticeship program. The apprenticeship program, blacks charged, discriminated against them and would certainly have delayed their entry into the unions. In Pittsburgh, these charges increased racial tensions and led to a workers' riot. In Boston, Dunlop introduced the concept of "trainee status" as a second route for blacks into the unions. The trainee program provided a form of special tutoring to prepare blacks...
...administrator, though, Dunlop has proven more a campaigner than a mediator. "The greatest expansion of the Economics Department." notes Henry Rosovsky, the current chairman. "took place during Dunlop's years as chairman." The number of assistant professors rose from 8 to 30. One of his policies, now enshrined as the "Dunlop system." cut in half the teaching loads of assistant professors and financed their extra research time. Dunlop also pushed hard for greater contact between junior and senior faculty. He found money for his graduate students and chaired the Committee on Recruitment and Retention of Faculty, which up graded...
...Faculty itself would nominate the candidates for the Council. Each Faculty member would be able to nominate a certain number of candidates, and anyone who got 20 or more nominations would be a formal candidate for election...