Word: systemic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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President Derek C. Bok still runs things from his Mass. Hall vantage point, and first-year students still live in the Yard. The much-vaunted house system and Core Curriculum are still in place, and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences still has but a handful of women and minority professors...
...divestment from South Africa. No changes in Harvard's often-criticized governance system. Few, if any, differences in undergraduate education...
...Computers and fax machines have woven themselves into the fabric of student life. The Mug 'n Muffin and other Harvard Square hangouts are gone, forced out by yuppification and high rents. The 18-year-old drinking age is a thing of the past; Harvard On-Line Information System (HOLLIS) and bar-coded books have come to the libraries. Student dining halls are equipped with microwave ovens...
...simply wait. The governing boards do not need to accede to anyone's demands. In four years, the crusading first-year activists of today will have graduated, and their successors will have moved on to fresh territory. The disgruntled associate professors denouncing the inequities of the University's tenure system will have fallen victim to it, and moved on to more prestigious jobs at less prestigious institutions...
...women because my portfolio is on a different scope, but I've worked as much as I could, more in a quiet diplomacy style because I've been in inner circles in the institutions I've been working with, and I've had the oporunity to tweak the system at the right time, to get the point across...