Word: research
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...November Action Coalition (NAC) has obtained a copy of a private memorandum to M. I. T. President Howard W. Johnson which-the NAC claims-proves that M. I. T.'s plans to convert its laboratories from war-related research are "nothing but a fraud...
...Miller began his memo to Johnson by pointing out that the Urban Systems Laboratory (USL), M. I. T.'s main center of civilian research, faces a $500,000 shortage in planning for the immediate future...
...never said officially said that it would 'convert' the Instrumentation Labs. But the university has taken steps in recent months to counter radical criticisms of the war research, including the firing of Charles S. Draper, previous head of the I-labs...
...said that M. I. T. was trying to achieve a "sense of balance" between civilian and Pentagon supported research...
...Economics Department." notes Henry Rosovsky, the current chairman. "took place during Dunlop's years as chairman." The number of assistant professors rose from 8 to 30. One of his policies, now enshrined as the "Dunlop system." cut in half the teaching loads of assistant professors and financed their extra research time. Dunlop also pushed hard for greater contact between junior and senior faculty. He found money for his graduate students and chaired the Committee on Recruitment and Retention of Faculty, which up graded the junior titles and asked higher salaries. He even moved out of spacious Littauer into the cramped...