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Universities such as MIT, CalTech and Stanford-which receive large chuncks of Department of Defense (DOD) funds-have thus far dominated the debate which has focused on research with possible national security implications. But Shattuck said last week that "Harvard is uniquely suited to raise the issue precisely because we have fewer Defense Department dollars than other universities...
Since be took up residence in Massachusetts Hall last June, Shattuck, formerly a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union, has focused his energies on the issue of academic freedom. Shattuck has so far addressed this issue in magazine and journal articles, several public speeches, and in this report...
Though President Bok (who earlier in the semester wrote an Open Letter on the topic of academic freedom) and Shattuck's predecessors were concerned with federal research restrictions, none had taken a public and comprehensive look at recent trends in federal restrictions, said Parker'L Coddington, director of governmental relations...
...something that I felt needed attention," Shattuck explained, adding that, in the public debate over the limitations, "higher education has not been visible enough, especially Harvard...
Despite the longstanding existence of mechanisms for such restrictions. Shattuck and other said the situation appears to have worsened under the Reagan Adminsitration, endangering academic freedom beyond tolerable levels...