Word: public
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...dean of the Law School, detractors said he was not committed to many of the positive changes in the school brought about by former Dean James Vorenberg '49. Clark already showed the truth of these claims in his decision over the summer to eliminate the school's public-interest counseling office...
...person office was an important part of Vorenberg's effort to present the public-interest option to students at a school notorious for supplying the partners of the nation's largest corporate law firms. (Only 6 percent of Harvard Law School students currently go into public-interest law.) Vorenberg also instituted the nation's most generous loan-forgiveness program two years ago, which pays the debts of students with incomes under certain minimal points...
Clark's reaction to the overwhelming student protest has been disappointing. He has asked members of the Career Services office to double as public-interest planning officers, though they are undoubtedly over-worked at this point and have not had comparable experience in counseling students about public-interest opportunities...
...State Appreciation: Despite his drastic plummet in the public opinion polls, Gov, Michael S. Dukakis still seems to command the respect of the University of Virginia community. At this week's presidential summit on education held there, Dukakis received sustained applause when he arrived for public events...
...many colleges said that Student Aid Services (SAS), the private company run by Harvard officials that collected admission and financial aid information to share with other schools, was based somewhere in Boston. But there was no listing for the company in any of the local phone directories. Massachusetts public records said the company was run from 340 Merriam Ave. in nearby Weston, yet it was not listed in that directory, either...