"Coordination of donors is too strong a word,"says Harvey V. Fineberg '67, dean of the School ofpublic Health. "But around major donors we want tocompare strategies."

Glimp says the committee has more of aneducational function. "We can try to concentratedonors on our highest priorities, while making ourcase case in a cordinated way, "he says.

Glimp is careful to say that total unity isneither possible nor desirable.

"There's no great virtue in pulling togetherper se," the vice president says. "FAS isfull of decentralized management centers...economizing makes that necessary."

Despite the committee's efforts, officialsacknowledge that there is no clear mechanism toensure coordination. And it is the success of theindividual schools, not the University as a whole,that preoccupies those involved in the campaigneffort.

President's Fund

The schools will be able to share only thosefunds which are given to the President'sUniversity Funds, which Harvard has billed as thecenterpiece of the campaign.

In the past, each school has been left to raisefunds for itself. And that often meant thathigh-profile schools like Law and Businessprospered while those with a less prosperousalumni base, such as Divinity, Education andPublic Health, suffered.

For example, while the Business School hasregularly updated its facilities, Fineberg, thepublic health dean, says his school has not addeda new building in decades.

Rudenstine hopes this new fund will consist ofabout $235 million in "unrestricted central moneyto help fund ventures."

The president would then have the discretion todisburse dollars to poorer schools and needyprojects.

At first blush, the President's Fund appears tobe most representative of Rudenstine's goal of aunified fund drive. But campaign officials haveyet to develop any well-defined structure or planfor raising the President's Fund.

The University has said it is relying on"interested alumni" for these donations. But witheach of Harvard's schools focused on theirindividual campaign goals, there is littleincentive for a fundraiser to encourage donationsto the central fund over gifts to the school wherehe or she works.

Coordination?

Despite all the noble talk about visions for acooperative future, the adminisration's newemphasis on inter-Faculty cooperation is drivenmore by financial concerns than anything else.