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...report is part of a combined effort by Harvard to influence policy making. "Many issues of importance to colleges and universities are being discussed and debated now because of the 1988 presidential elections," says Shattuck. "The elections have presented a forum for public policy issues, and we want to have...
Last week, two Harvard officials issued a report detailing efforts by the Reagan Administration to restrict the free flow of scholarship. Written by Vice President for Government and Community Affairs John Shattuck and Director of Policy Analysis Muriel Morisey Spence '69, the 53-page report charges the White House and other government agencies with pursuing information policies that will cause great harm to the academic community, the economy and national security...
...returned from his sabbatical and we now have a rejuvenated presidency," says Shattuck. "The University is looking at how we can serve society to solve pressing problems and cooperate with the government and industry to address them...
...this vein, Shattuck and Spence seek to remove a large stumbling block to a closer relationship with the government: restrictions on information. While more federal funds may boost campus-based research, White House information policies produce an opposite effect which may far outweigh the good of more money...
...couching this issue--which has been of interest mostly to academics--in terms of the economy and national security, the report is likely to broaden the base of opposition to the Administration's information policies, say university officials. And by framing their argument in these politically pressing terms, Shattuck and Spence provide a document that may very well persuade congressmen to rescind the Administration's policy changes...