Word: abolitionism
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Great schools like Yale should not escape condemnation so quickly. Contrary to McWhorter’s claim, slavery was condemned by many intellectual leaders in early America. In the 1680s, shortly after the settlement of Pennsylvania, Quakers there began strenuous efforts to discourage slavery. In the wake of the Revolution...
DIED. JASON MILLER, 62, playwright and actor who won a 1973 Pulitzer Prize and Tony award for That Championship Season, of a heart attack; in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The play is based on Miller's experiences on his high-school basketball team, but he is perhaps best remembered for his Oscar...
We hold with our position of last December, which stated that "initial elections based on objective criteria for eligibility serve as a good model for the future, providing for more open and inclusive student leadership." No new reason has emerged to support the abolition of student leadership at the IOP...
Thernstrom said he had not yet read Kidder's study, but he said he still stands by his claim that Asian-American enrollment has increased substantially since "the abolition of preference."
The Core must be abolished, but its abolition will take time to implement. In the meantime, there are several intermediate steps that the administration should take: increasing the number of departmental classes that count for Core credit, opening the petition process and reintegrating Core courses into the academic departments.