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...Dean Epps did indicate that the Faculty would not just rubber stamp the committee's proposals," said SAC co-chair Ouzama N. Nicholson '94. "But I think he was also concerned about the equity of the process...
This month, the Harvard Foundation's Student Advisory Committee (SAC) will begin to review applications for its spring grants. SAC members are currently setting new guidelines to make their grants process more fair. Their plans might yield some mildly helpful bureaucratic changes. Far more important, though, is a set of new ideological guidelines--something The Foundation clearly lacks. Any attempts to fine-tune the current grants process would ignore the larger problems that plague...
...Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations distributes about $10,000 in grants each semester; it receives this money from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Last fall, the SAC awarded grants to a number of groups, including Irish and Italian student groups and a Black students business association that wished to set up a minority resume bank. A Vietnamese magazine received funding. And, as a Salient cover story pointed out last week, The Foundation also gave money to support HQ, a forum for bisexual, gay and lesbian issues, and The Rag, a feminist magazine...
Something has to change. We suggest that the SAC look to its own by-laws for guidance. They read: "The primary criteria for the award of grants shall be the need of the applicant and the potential of the proposal to improve relations among racial and ethnic groups in the undergraduate student body." In fact, The Foundation's grant application specifically notes that the programs to be funded must promote intercultural and interracial understanding...
Nicholson declined to comment on the grant case, but expressed confidence that the review would be completed by the SAC's spring grant allocation meeting on February...