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Almost every academic school, department orresearch center in the University has its ownadvisory committees. Often, past or potentialdonors make up larger portions of these bodiesthan of the visiting committees...
...such logic has drawn negative publicity forHarvard at least once before. Two years ago, aproposed deal between the Kennedy School ofGovernment and a Texas couple prompted a period ofUniversity introspection about the ethics offundraising when the terms were disclosed: inexchange for a $500,000 donation, the couple waspromised "Officer of the University" status andseats on two Kennedy School advisory committees...
Despite the criticism of the arrangement, thepractice of placing donors on advisory committeescontinues, according to those familiar withHarvard fundraising. And, particularly in schoolswith few wealthy alumni such as the Kennedy Schooland the Graduate School of Design (GSD), thoseadvisory committees are instrumental in helping tocreate affiliations between potential givers andthe programs which need to be funded...
...three R's are reduce, re-use, and recycle, in order of preference," said Robert Gogan, a graduate student in planning and social policy at the Ed School. "Harvard generates 6500 tons of trash per year, as much as a small city...
...University can save money by encouraging active recycling programs like the one recently implemented at the Kennedy School of Government, Cebon said. He said Harvard pays about $700,000 a year to dispose of unrecycled trash...