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This question about the propriety of an independent Overseers vote on divestment is but the latest phase of a continuing discussion about how Harvard is governed. (Technically, every action of the Corporation must be approved by the Overseers, although in recent memory the Board has acted as a rubber-stamp body...
...Faculty Council will consider the measure, which was passed in January by the Undergraduate Council, on March 23. If the committee approves the funding hike, the full faculty will most likely rubber-stamp the decision next month...
...first truly democratic legislative election in the Philippines since Marcos abolished the old Congress in 1972, later to replace it with the unicameral National Assembly, his rubber-stamp parliament. The new Congress, which convenes in July, will take over the legislative powers that Aquino has been exercising by decree since Marcos' ouster in February 1986. Last week's election was the final step in restoring a system of checks and balances under the terms of a new constitution that was approved in a national referendum last February...
...Overseers have evolved into a tangential and powerless organ. Members usually rubber-stamp major decisions and concentrate on informally advising academic departments. Their agenda has become limited and largely inconsequential, their proceedings have become shrouded in secrecy, their members are ordered not to speak to the media, or by extension to the public...
...author of the widely cited book, "In a Different Voice," Gilligan received President Derek C. Bok's final endorsement after a review process involving outside scholars and input from students at the graduate school, said Dean Patricia A. Graham. The tenure offer is awaiting routine, rubber-stamp approval of Harvard's seven-man governing Corporation...