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Dates: during 1980-1989
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More than one third of the faculty and staff of the Graduate School of Education this month signed a petition urging the University to divest.

Author: By Julie L. Belcove, | Title: 89 at Education School: Harvard Should Divest | 5/23/1986 | See Source »

Professor of Education Courtney B. Cazden said she circulated the petition in reaction to a letter sent last month at President Derek C. Bok's request to all Harvard alumni. That letter, signed by Joan T. Bok '51, president of the Board of Overseers, urged alumni not to vote for...

Author: By Julie L. Belcove, | Title: 89 at Education School: Harvard Should Divest | 5/23/1986 | See Source »

Cazden said she sent a mailing to all 260 faculty, administrators, and staff members of the Ed School and 89 of them agreed to affix their names to the petition calling for Harvard to divest of its $416 million in South Africa-related investments.

Author: By Julie L. Belcove, | Title: 89 at Education School: Harvard Should Divest | 5/23/1986 | See Source »

A similar petition for divestment was circulated at the Ed School last year, but it was restricted to faculty members, and about 35 people signed it, Cazden said.

Author: By Julie L. Belcove, | Title: 89 at Education School: Harvard Should Divest | 5/23/1986 | See Source »

One of the juniors circulating the petition. Charlotte A. Ellertson '87, who co-directs Harvard's peer counseling group Response, said that when she began the petition drive, the College's committee "hadn't done anything tangible."

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: College to Pilot Date Rape Program in Fall | 5/14/1986 | See Source »

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