Word: transferals
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...those with skills that transfer, the adjustment can also be difficult. George Duden, 36, formerly at Chrysler, likes his new job as an electrical engineer with Bell Helicopter in Fort Worth. But as is often the case with those who leave the unionized North, he took a cut in pay and benefits-partly offset by lower taxes. Texas living, says his wife Susan, 29, is expensive, and their son "misses fishing in the Michigan lakes." Though Texans are friendly, Duden notes, "Amy Vanderbilt never got west of the Mississippi. There are rough edges down here...
Taken together, the decisions added momentum to the national "deinstitutionalization" movement, which aims to transfer mental patients from hospitals to halfway houses or even to their families. They also reinforced a growing tendency of federal courts to take control of school districts, prisons and other state institutions in order to enforce certain rights. Last week, however, the Supreme Court overturned the two rulings in a 6-to-3 decision likely to slow both trends...
...annual report, released last week and devoted to the sticky issue of "technology transfer," Bok reiterates the issues that caused the Corporation to balk initially--issues of paramount importance to the future direction of the University, academically, financially and ethically. Because of the myriad of potential conflicts that could arise when a university haphazardly ventures into the business world, it is reassuring to see that these issues are still uppermost in Bok's mind...
...pages after the "DNA decision." Bok has little more to say about one of the most important issues facing universities: he repeats Harvard's decision not to trade patents for shares and reaffirms the University's commitment to defining a lucrative but proper role in the technology transfer process. Although his report is carefully researched and written, it contains next to no new information and ends on a familiar note of uncertainty...
...answers to the questions raised by technology transfer-related issues are complicated, but that does not mean that they do not exist. Certainly the University should place academic integrity above financial considerations. But the road to this goal is not all clear, and, in fact, other universities are looking to Harvard to come up with some solutions. Bok and the Faculty have a responsibility to Harvard and to those who will follow in the University's footsteps not to postpone discussion of the problems or to put off speedy pursuit of some solutions...