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The fundraising overhaul is largely a result of a July announcement by Harvard President Derek C. Bok and Horner--in one of her last acts as president--that the two schools would no longer seek funds from post-1976 alumni together, leaving the women's school on its own in...
Fundraising, a hot issue this year, has long been practiced at Harvard in the tradition of "every tub on its own bottom," where each faculty is responsible for seeking its own donations.
The administration at all levels has been close to the myriad concerns expressed by alumni, faculty, students and staff members. From the continuing debacle of the Overseers elections to the insensitivity of the College and faculty in the face of worries about minority hiring and security problems, Harvard administrators have...
Ranging from a prohibition on hanging banners with racial epithets in the Yard to specifications for canceling a speaking event, the proposed guidelines are more than likely to prompt a controversy of their own.
Harvard's time-honored philosophy has been one of "every tub on its own bottom," an operating principle which stresses decentralization in fundraising efforts. The University's bigger and more prestigious faculties--the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Law School and the Business School--have traditionally benefitted from these...