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Leadership at Harvard is an interesting phenomenon. In a community with unheard of number of per capita high school class presidents, no one is used to or satisfied with being "just a member." We all aspire to lead, to plan and to be in charge. And, if you cannot rise the ranks of your organization, the natural response is to start your own. Joe, though, defies our traditional perception of the Harvard leader. On a recent afternoon, I ate lunch with Joe to catch up on various aspects of our lives. I inquired about the pressures and responsibilities...
Under the plan agreed upon in 1998, the new system, which would be known as HOLLIS II, was supposed to be operational by July...
Strategic plan. Organizational mission. Larger picture. These are big, power-hungry and empty words. At heart, what Joe really loves and cherishes is spending time with his little siblings, who are now high school student. He has been hanging out with his three younger siblings every Saturday since our first year. Joe is committed to these Boston students and is currently mentoring the youngsters on getting into college. One of them was so inspired by Joe that this summer he volunteered to be a big brother himself...
Robinson said Harvard's current bibliographic records are around nine million, but they grow by a rate of 200,000 per year. The original HOLLIS II plan called for a system that could handle 10 million records, so it could be used for at least 10 years...
Buchanan deserves commendation for thinking boldly and exploring solutions ignored by other politicians. But they are all too backward looking. They appeal to an inchoate resentment and confusion, rather than articulate a positive plan for the future. Buchanan, like many others, looks back to the postwar years when many Americans could live a comfortable and stable life with a unionized blue collar job. He is right to recognize that many of the benefits of this life have been lost and to search for solutions. But instead of trying to bring the backward sectors of the economy into the phenomenal growth...