Word: progressions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...office in a time when alumni were generally upset with both the students and the administration, the new generation of administrators do not seem to understand several fundamental principles of alumni relations: that alumni see the key to Harvard's greatness as its ability to change and adapt with progress, that they usually defer to those in power, and that their faithfulness to an institution and an ideal cannot be severely altered by any but the most cataclysmic changes...
...their best interests or desires. The interests of donors have never been a factor in Harvard giving. The supporters of Harvard know that one of the great things about the University is the spirit of pioneering. They maintain a spirit and a desire to give toward progress, even if they might not wholly agree with the changes that are happening," Mercer says...
...refuse to support an effort to provide equal access for men and women--even if it requires a reduction in men--are hurting, unwittingly, the university they love so dearly. Conant was fond of showing guests to his office the plaque on his desk. "Behold the Turtle. He Maketh Progress Only When His Head Sticketh Out," the plaque read. Harvard's alumni appear to understand better than many administrators that if Harvard is to continue its progressive path, it must discard the myths that have persuaded it to withhold equal access from women. Contributions to Radcliffe 1973-1974 Programs Contributors...
Pipkin says students tend to go through Harvard nowadays by finding the paths of least resistance and getting through the once-progressive requirements set forth under the Gen Ed plan as easily as they can. "It would be better if students were excited about college," he says. "I remember when I went to college [at the University of Iowa], I knew I wanted to be in physics, but I was also excited by all the other things. But this is 1974, not 1946. It's a different world. The world is more depressing now. After all, remember we had just...
...with "socioeconomic development," which requires massive infusions of foreign aid. Many underdeveloped nations were obviously unwilling as yet to accept openly responsibility for coping with overpopulation and its resultant hunger. Still, the conference had at least focused attention on these grave problems. When the ideological heat cools down, some progress may be made in resolving them...