Word: use
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Last month, a sit-in at the Law School Dean's office by the Black Law Students' Association brought a quick response. University officials taught the students how to use the office coffee maker and arranged meetings between them and administrators--while quietly posting guards around other University buildings. When the sit-in ended, the law students received only general promises that their concerns would be addressed in accordance with existing policies...
...speech marked a turning point in how higher education viewed its roles in society. He expressed a growing determination among universities to become involved as institutions in solving the nation's problems. Under his plan, Bok would use universities' expertise and resources to rebuild American economic competitiveness, foster equal opportunity for minorities, improve the quality of life and strengthen moral standards...
Shawn A. MacDonald '88 says he will use his Rockefeller--which he calls his "dream fellowship"--to travel to Africa and Indonesia. While in Indonesia, MacDonald say he will work in a refugee camp for Southeast Asians. He chose the Rockefeller, which is restricted to Harvard seniors, because he wanted a fellowship that would allow him to work and travel rather than study...
Some seniors may have turned to fellowships to escape the world of jobs or academics, but many winners say they will use their awards to help their careers. They say their fellowships will not only expose them to new worlds but also open new doors for them, giving them skills that will set them off from their peers...
Some, like Mark Leong '88, say that a fellowship could be a dream come true. Leong, who did his senior thesis on Chinatowns in American cities, received a Peabody Gardner traveling fellowship from the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies. He will use the money to travel and take photographs in China. He says he hopes the fellowship will give him the skills he needs to fulfill his dream to work in China as a photogrpaher...