An Uncertain Future
"Most people are quite uncomfortable with the idea of having the functions distributed throughout the University, but realize that this could be a unique and positive way to institutionalize these functions," he said.
Still, he said, "most people at HIID would have preferred not to have had these opportunities."
Another option open to the task force was to scale back HIID's operations but keep it centralized. Pagett said he would have preferred this plan, which would also have made HIID an "allied institution" like the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study.
"It would be disingenuous to say this would have been my preferred way of doing it," Pagett said. "But I don't see any reason why this can't work."
Provost Harvey V. Fineberg '67 responded to the task force's 60-page report in a letter to the fellows and staff of HIID, saying that he is "disposed to accept" the recommendation of the task force.
In a meeting with over 200 HIID staff members last week, Thompson said he expects KSG and SPH to be most interested in HIID programs.
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