Word: within
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...case for dealing with reform within Harvard's system of government is not to be made on grounds that it will stop further protest. It should be made on the grounds that the basis for changing conditions are reasonable...
...Board of Overseers approves all Corporation appointments, including that of new presidents. It also prepares reports on various problems within the University, and in general watches over the long-term development of Harvard, both as a corporation and as an educational institution. Until now, the Overseers have been almost exclusively older alumni, nominated in recognition of philanthropic or other achievements, rather than because of any intimate knowledge of the problems of a University which they left many years...
Specifically, this is where two kinds of Harvard committee come in--standing committees and special committees. There are, at present, 37 standing committees within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. They exist, in general, to maintain those parts of Harvard that either cross the boundaries of academic departments--or are not closely related to actual instruction...
Most of these special committees are needed. Ford maintains, because the problems they tackle simply do not fall within the sphere of any of the 37 standing committees...
...David A. Wells Professor of Political Economy, was an "ideal choice" to chair this year's Committee on Recruitment and Retention of Faculty. Dunlop had just finished a term as chairman of the Economics Department, his field--economics--was a large, central one in the University, and his specialty within the field--manpower and labor relations--was relevant to the committee's topic...