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...Shattuck's name emerged from a list of candidates for the post compiled over the summer by President Bok. Along with other members of a selection committee, Bok sent out letters to nationwide contacts asking for someone to fill Schmidt's post. "Because he moved widely in government and congressional circles (Shattuck's) name was mentioned often and he was the kind of candidate we wanted," Daniel Steiner '54, University vice president and general counsel, says...
Formidable challenges will continue to awai: Shattuck in his new role. In recent years, Harvard has found itself part of a growing opposition to many government policies on higher education, while cutbacks in federally funded financial aid for students and research threaten universities livelihood and autonomy...
...There is an educational crisis in America today," Shattuck says, adding, "Issues of education and public policy facing Harvard and universities will be just as, if not more challenging than much of my ACLU work...
...addition to his vice presidency, Shattuck will teach a Harvard Law School course on civil liberties starting in the spring...
Heading the list of problems Shattuck expects to deal with is the increasing inaccessibility of government information for academic research. He cites the growing use of defense classification for information the government does not want publicized, and tightened restrictions on exchanges with foreign scholars as circumstances endangering academic freedom...