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While the emphasis on "diversity" providedshelter from attacks against affirmative action inthe 1980s, those displeased with the end result ofHarvard's system have found new avenues forattack...
...sources say Sheerr had sensed Harvard'sreluctance and produced a new and more realisticplan. Rudenstine considered it a leap forward,leading to an informal meeting between members ofHarvard's Corporation and Radcliffe's Board ofTrustees in June...
...Weissman gift will secure the ability ofHarvard to preserve its priceless collections ofbooks and manuscripts," Director of the UniversityLibrary Sidney H. Verba '53 wrote in an e-mailmessage. "The Harvard collection is one of thegreatest in the world and that creates anobligation on the University to protect it forcurrent use and for future generations...
Will the university president ever be what itonce was? Fisher says a movement is alreadyunderway in American colleges and universities togive more power to the office of president. But tomake the heads of higher education truly importantfigures, in all probability, the president ofHarvard will have to make his voice heard. Theodds of Rudenstine doing so seem pretty slim. Asfisher puts it, "He's no James Conant...
...ultimately, the building, even in itscommercialized state, reflects the character ofHarvard Square as Cambridge has evolved from asmall-town city with local industries to the moreupscale cosmopolitan center that...