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...March 1, 1972, Bok sent another memo to the deans, this time stating that "recent communications" from the Regional and Washington offices of HEW had "clarified certain aspects" of the affirmative action requirements, including the issue of goals for faculty...
...HEW states that it decided several weeks ago that numerical targets and timetables may not be appropriate for faculty positions...
However, even the revised order leaves many points unclarified, and has sparked a controversy between HEW, university presidents, and women...
After a meeting of the American Council on Education (ACE) last year, the Council appointed the presidents of five colleges "to iron out confusion between college presidents and the Department of HEW," according to committee chairman Derek Bok. Three of the universities represented on the committee--Harvard, the University of Michigan and Columbia--were then under investigation by HEW. Columbia soon became the first institution to lose Federal funds for failure to comply with the executive order, when the government withheld $13.8 million for several months until HEW accepted a revised affirmative action plan last month...
...HEW has never officially announced this stance, and about a month ago, John G. Bynoe, New England regional director of the Office of Civil Rights still held that universities were required to submit goals and timetables for all faculty levels...