Word: students
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...university can hardly doubt the inadequacy of the present system--or lack of a system. Students are certainly aware of the problem: an overwhelming 91% of undergraduates polled favor a formal study abroad program. Nor can the university question the future popularity of the Stanford proposal, especially as leaves-of-absence become increasingly common at Harvard. Some 30 to 40 per cent of the Stanford student-body has taken advantage of this opportunity...
...Harvard administration should therefore seriously consider the advantages of Stanford University's offer. The failings of the Harvard system are obvious; the wishes of the student body are clear; and the educational value of foreign study is indisputable...
...information exchange did take place, despite all the sound and fury, and the results are fascinating. Often Harvard tells us our suggestions are completely impracticable, while innovations such as alternate meal plans, programs for study abroad, relaxed academic regulations and in creased student participation in administrative decisions have already been implemented at other schools. Did you know only Harvard charges an extra $450 facilities and activities fee if you want to live off campus? Did you know Princeton turned down a donation from the Engelhard Foundation a few years ago? Did you know the University of Pennsylvania has student trustees...
...Harvard delegation has not met since returning from Philadelphia. The plan now is to present all conference findings to the appropriate Student Assembly committees for consideration, and to also work on translating resolutions and suggestions into action here. Conference organizers themselves have set up a follow-up network, and some more issue-oriented, progressive delegates who were on the conference's student government committee plan a meeting later this year. Activists on various campuses have exchanged names and phone numbers. So, for Harvard at least, some tangible results have occurred...
...Student Assembly gave $200 to the Harvard delegation to defray some of its costs, and now the Assembly wants to know if it got its money's worth. Since the conference passed about 40 resolutions--all pre-packaged and ready for Assembly use--you might say the Assembly got a bargain at $5 apiece. And please, no Philadelphia jokes...