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...suffered from bureaucratic jostling and the turf-protecting impulse that accompanies any academic institution. By the time Rosovsky had made enough compromises to get the Faculty's vote, Harvard's "revolution in education" had degenerated into an amorphous mass containing few innovations or specifics. Eight newly established Faculty sub-committees would resolve the details over the coming year. No one else need worry...

Author: By Peter M. Engel, | Title: Remedy for an Ailing Ego | 5/5/1980 | See Source »

White House and Pentagon officials staged a major last-minute lobbying drive yesterday among swing voters on a sub-committee of the Senate Appropriations Committee, the first group to consider the measure since the House of Representatives passed it by 30 votes last week...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Panel Split on Registration | 4/29/1980 | See Source »

...White House survey shows 15 of the full committee's 28 members in favor of registration, with 13 opposed. A source close to the sub-committee, however, said the vote may be even stronger in favor of the president's proposal

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Panel Split on Registration | 4/29/1980 | See Source »

...that blinds the school's faculty and administration to the faults of the institution. Chief among these misconceptions, the leitmotif of all CUE meetings, is an implacable faith that since Harvard is the best, no student should receive academic credit for work done elsewhere, work that is by definition sub-par to a Harvard Education...

Author: By Peter M. Engel, | Title: Student, Teach Thyself | 4/21/1980 | See Source »

Nixon's ultimatum on the sub base in Cuba had the desired effect without a shot being fired. Ford sent the Marines after the Mayaguez pirates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Too Good a Samaritan | 4/21/1980 | See Source »

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