Word: institutionalizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Hodgson said, however, that the library encountered some resistence in installing the HOLLIS system. "It is a very difficult task to integrate HOLLIS into a large and tradition bound institution like Harvard."
The Harvard of the 1980s, as Rosovsky so aptly described it, was an institution that placed a premium on its own existence. And as the '80s fade into the '90s, the changes in this world view are not readily apparent.
The University entered the decade as the wealthiest and arguably most prestigious research institution in the country. And it leaves the decade as the wealthiest and arguably most prestigious research institution in the country.
Last March, Silber proposed a plan for BU to run the beleaguered Chelsea school system. The plan, which represents the first time that a private educational institution has governed a public school system, has drawn criticism from teachers and Chelsea residents.
HARVARD as an institution can become conscious of its racism and sexism, just as students, faculty and administrators are capable of recognizing our own prejudices.