Advisory Committee on Shareholders Responsibility (ACSR)
The ACSR is comprised of faculty, students and alumni, and is responsible for making recommendations on how the University
should vote its shares on social responsibility resolutions. The ACSR's role is advisory; the Corporation Committee on
Shareholder Responsibility (CCSR), a sub-committee of the President and Fellows, is responsible for voting the University's
shares and setting investment policy. However, the advice provided by the ACSR is critical to the CCSR. In the past, the
ACSR played a major role in developing the University's selective divestment policy with regard to South Africa (which was
repealed in 1994, as recommended by the ACSR) and in setting Harvard's policy prohibiting the purchase of stock in tobacco
companies. The graduate student representative on the ACSR is drawn from one of the graduate schools on a rotating basis.
Commission on Inquiry
Any student, faculty member, or administrative officer who has a complaint or an inquiry may address it to the office of the
Commission of Inquiry in University Hall 1. The Commission makes no rulings, but works for the resolution of issues that
come within its competence. The Commission will direct a complaint to the appropriate agency of the FAS. When such an agency
seems not to exist, one of the CGE representatives (see below) serves as the GSAS member of the organization. Occasionally,
the Commission can be instrumental in the establishment of a new agency for the handling of issues which may be recurrent.
Committee on Graduate Education (CGE)
The Committee on Graduate Education is the standing subcommittee of the Faculty Council responsible for considering all
matters of graduate education that might come before the Faculty Council or the full Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The CGE
also advises the Dean of the Faculty and the Dean of the Graduate School on matters pertaining to graduate education. Five
GSAS students-including the GSC President-serve on the GCE.
Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE)
Membership in the Committee on Undergraduate Education provides a means for students to give their input on matters of
Undergraduate Education at Harvard. The committee examines matters such as the allocation of resources, the standards of
academic advising at Harvard, and the requirements for concentrations. The committee consists of undergraduates and college
administrators and faculty. A graduate student from the CGE is ordinarily invited as a non-voting guest of the committee in
order provide a link between CGE and CUE on matters which may affect graduate students.
FAS Library Committee
This standing committee acts as an advisory to the Librarian of the Harvard College Library (HCL) and the Harvard University
Library. This body looks into all aspects of the University Library system, from collections to renovations. Two graduate
student representatives serve as active and voting members of the committee.
Graduate Student Health Advisory Committee (GSHAC)
The Graduate Student Health Advisory Committee (GSHAC), part of the Graduate Student Council, is dedicated to helping
graduate students preserve their well-being at Harvard. The student dental plan, which became available last year, was the
direct result of an initiative taken by GSHAC. At least one member of the committee is part of a Student Health
Committee which meets regularly with the Patient Advocate and Director of UHS, to discuss ways of making UHS most helpful to
students. GSHAC welcomes suggestions and participation from all graduate students on current health issues.
Harvard University Committee on AIDS
The primary aim of the Harvard University Committee on AIDS is to generate involvement in artistic projects addressing
HIV infection and the AIDS pandemic. These projects are focused around World AIDS day and the activities of Harvard-Radcliffe
AIDS Awareness Week. The committee will assist and support students in the development of their own projects and help
identify sources of funding.
Student-Faculty Judicial Board (SFJB)
The Student-Faculty Judicial Board was established by FAS to deal with alleged offenses concerning the impressibility of
student actions or the appropriateness of administrative responses on which there is no clear precedent or consensus in the
community. The Judicial Board is charged with hearing cases in which the issues involved have special importance for the
University community at large and the principles on which it is based. Two GSAS students are selected by lot to serve on the
SFJB.
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