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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...five-page report, titled "The Ideal of the Harvard House System," the SCA based its quota recommendation on Lowell's original conception of the house system. Lowell saw the houses as a means to preserve the diversity of the College in smaller residential units while improving students' academic and social environment...
...ensuing campus debate, several University officials expressed their support for the report's intent, including SCA chairman Leverett House Master John E. Dowling '57, Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 and President...
Student SCA members said that the refusal was based on masters' concerns that the information would be distributed to the press. They added that the masters believed the report on athletes became public through unauthorized channels. The report was distributed officially by the SCA chairman, Dowling...
Although the SCA report did not specifically discuss introducing quotas on minorities in the individual houses, it compared the athlete imbalances to hypothetical gender and minority imbalances, stating, "It would certainly vitiate the Lowell ideal (and the current coeducational ideal) if any house became disproportionately male or female. The same would be true if any house became disproportionately minority or white. We believe the same is true when any house becomes disproportionately representative of either athletes or non-athletes...
...that rarely lead to tenure and heavy teaching loads. Junior faculty members say their transient lives often leave them feeling detached from the Harvard community. The administration has begun to show concern for its junior professors, as Dean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence this week issued his second report on the subject...