Posted
8:07 AM
by Gene
And speaking of PUBLIC SERVICE, a few choice words on THE NOBLE CALLING OF HAHVAHD MUTUAL FUND:By the 1960s, in terms of the breadth and caliber of the research they produced, American universities were without question the world's finest, one of the great success stories of 20th-century America. But that evolution had its downside. To manage such rapid growth, universities began to enlarge their administrations, hiring lawyers and accountants, personnel managers and health care administrators, retirement benefits experts and real estate managers, and public relations gurus and fundraisers galore. They tended to come from corporations and consulting firms, and their style of doing things reflected a corporate culture rather than an academic one. . . . At Harvard, power began to flow away from the people who supposedly represented the purpose of the institution, toward the people who knew how to make it work -- and, above all, to the people who controlled its money.Since when has HYER EDYUKAYSHUN had ANYTHING to do with LEARNING?