Word: problem
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...University hired a police management specialist to investigate the problem. John T. Howland, executive director of the Institute of Public Service Management, concluded in his report of the University police that the union correctly cited some of the reasons for low morale and recommended that the police take steps to correct the situation, including establishing a better promotion system, increasing internal communication, and providing greater access to job advancement and training programs...
...radical changes ushered in by Gorski. Many of the officers are understandably wary about the shift to the more professional image, and nostalgically refer to the days when they could fight crime without relying on computer printouts. Their persistent dissatisfaction with the new system--responding to crime determined by problem areas the computer identifies--stems from errors in the data feeding process. When a robbery that occurred at Winthrop House at 2 a.m. wasn't reported to the police until 5 p.m. the next day, the computer would read that the crime happened when it was reported, rather than when...
...from 3 to 5 per cent of the Harvard student body has a genuine disability. Rarely is it a psychological problem, Dinklage says. More often those who cannot learn languages are the same students who had difficulty learning to read and spell in English, even though they could speak it. To try to master reading an unfamiliar language would be impossible for them. Other students have trouble interpreting a language they hear and cannot assimilate the Harvard language courses, which have become more listening-oriented in the past decade...
...essentially that would involve lying to an officer of the University. Most freshmen are trying to put their best foot forward and don't do that." Some students with real disabilities exaggerate their symptoms: "It's obvious they're malingering, but they are also covering up a real problem," Dinklage says...
...Gleason, Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, says the Math Department hasn't yet faced the question of dealing with students with mathematical disabilities, since the Core requirement will not take effect until next school year. Gleason says he does not expect this to be a great problem to the department, however...