Word: reform
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Herfort resigned from the Justice Department when Archibald Cox was fired and when Richardson resigned. He talks about the standstill that the department finds itself in now; he talks about things like the need for dynamic leadership and the reform of an ossifying bureaucracy. He resents the fact that his successors at Harvard might look down upon him for working in the Nixon administration. "Government," he says...
...system's degradation and has focused and articulated his sentiments against that system. He advocates citizen review of teacher candidates, with review of tenure, student participation in curriculum development, further development of alternative schools, and new work-study programs. In 1971 Callahan founded Students United through Politics for Educational Reform (SUPER). SUPER is credited with the creation of the Student Concerns subcommittee of the School Committee. Now a student at UMass, he is a member of the advisory board of the Cambridge Civic Association. He seems headed for a career as a genuinely radical reformer in Cambridge...
...know I am not alone in believing that a basic change in society's outlook is the sole way prison reform can be achieved...
...through Yale Law School as an assistant varsity-football coach and freshman boxing coach. Among his football players were Senators Robert Taft Jr. of Ohio and William Proxmire of Wisconsin. With a friend, Ford set up a law practice in Grand Rapids in 1941, helped elect a reform slate of Republican candidates for local office, and then entered the Navy. When the war ended, Ford returned home to his law practice...
Necessary Changes. Nevertheless, the 18-member commission urges reform and innovation to strengthen the system. "Survival, with memories of past glories, is not enough of a program for higher education as it approaches the year 2000," says the report. The commission believes that higher education will inevitably become available to all who want it, but that the shift will necessitate changes in the practices of learning institutions, governments and even parents. Specific recommendations range from urging the Federal Government to "take basic responsibility for providing equality of opportunity through financial aid" to telling parents not to press reluctant children...