Word: academia
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with a criticism of her qualifications as a Government professor at Harvard. As a result, the tenure which she was offered last October is now in jeopardy. Anti-Kearns undercurrents are noticeable among Government Department heavies who have questioned her academic "seriousness," her "intelligence" and her overall commitment to academia. One person closely related to the Government Department refused to discuss the Kearns case because it was "so political...
...other part of the answer has to do with the philosophical/political beliefs of a man denied admissions to Harvard because of his blackness: Dr. W.E.B. DuBois, who became the foremost defender of Black academia at the turn of this century. Dr. DuBois contended that for the most intellectually talented Black youth, no obstacles should be permitted to arise in the pursuit of educational fulfillment. And decades later, after thousands of lynchings, sit-ins, marches, and prayer meetings, it is no less true that knowledge is most powerful tool in the hands of an oppressed people: "knowledge of the self...
Though he was a legend to his people, Franco was never close to them. The son of a naval paymaster, he was born in Galicia on the Atlantic coast. Franco entered the Academia de Infanteria at Toledo in 1907 at the age of 15. During the Spanish campaign against the Riffs of Morocco between 1912 and 1926 he gained a reputation for unflinching physical courage. A three-time winner of the Medal of Military Merit, Franco was promoted to Spain's youngest captain at 22, major at 23, colonel at 32, and, at 33, he became the youngest general...
...tenure process--which Rosovsky said judges candidates primarily on "scholarly output" and "good teaching performance"--was designed to consider candidates with long records in academia and whose published work is often the most important "input" into the decision. Here the system was faced with a talented 31-year-old woman who had only one, incomplete manuscript to show for her years at Harvard. In the back of everyone's mind, one professor said, was the psychological effect of the affirmative action program, making her appoinment more likely and helping her to obtain a unanimous recommendation in October...
...choosing the lucky few who will reside in his dorm, and there's lots of self-congratulation in Mass Hall because of this. "Burriss creates a real Old Harvard atmosphere--we were always invited to his room at night for Chinese food and worldly discussions of politics and academia," said one of the chosen. "He was always bringing Harvard deans and other bigwigs to the dorm so that we could meet them socially and realize what great guys they all are. Some of them were arrogant turds, but quite a few of my friends had a very different impression...