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Despite a recent finding by the Department of Labor that the K-School's affirmative action program is proceeding at an acceptable rate, spokesmen for the Women's Equity Action League (WEAL) announced yesterday that the group, headquartered in Washington, D.C., will not drop its grievances against Harvard officials...
...WEAL leaders said a one-time shift in K-School faculty apparently led Labor officials to approve the program. But WEAL leaders charged that the one-time shift may not produce long-term results in minority hiring because the K-School's overall affirmative action plan is "vague...
...Jackson, an assistant dean of the K-School who is in charge of the school's affirmative action program, responded yesterday that the Labor Department "found no basis to WEAL's charges...
...WEAL members said Labor officials approved the K-School plan because the University recently transferred its City and Regional Planning program from the Graduate School of Design (GSD) to the K-School. The shift brought several women and minority faculty members from the GSD to the K-School...
Jeanne Atkins, staff attorney for WEAL, said the transfer does not guarantee that the K-School will maintain an increased commitment to minority hiring. "Our concern is that they will not learn to improve unless they learn to reach out beyond the walls of Harvard," she said...