Word: pr
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Edwin E. Moise, James Bryant Conant Professor of Education and Mathematics, said that Faculty decorum would soon turn the system into a purely appointive set-up. And several professors-especially those who had come from universities with PR election systems-said "the time for democracy has come...
...election would be then run on a PR system (see News Analysis on Page One) instead of the simple majority system proposed by Fainsod...
...addition, Arrow suggested that a new Faculty committee should study some of the other detailed chages that a PR system would make in the Faculty Council plan Fainsod presented...
Fainsod's plan had a strict quota system, with six members each from 'he Humanities, the Natural Sciences, and the Social Sciences. But some supporters of the amendment arged removal of the quotas, claiming that a PR system would still represent departmental interests...
Andrew M. Gleason, professor of Mathematics, challenged Arrow's claim that PR would reduce political tension. He said it would actually encourage more campaigning. And another Faculty member said that regular tests of confidence in the Dean would be an advantage, not a drawback...