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Finding a good job has certainly become much more difficult since our parents were in school. Forty years ago, a Harvard degree could open doors that it simply doesn't open today. Positions in academia are becoming more and more scarce as professors stay on longer and departments cut back their resources. The admission rate to medical schools hovers around 20 percent, and Yale Law School takes only seven percent of its applicants...
...That's the common practice in the academia," she said...
Students should not be expected to give up activities, and faculty should certainly act as leaders in the world of academia. But being busy should not stop us from participating in the decisions that affect us most. The real reason we are not participating in community activities is that we do not see ourselves as citizens of the College...
Last week's announcement that William Julius Wilson would join the faculty of the Kennedy School of Government solidified Harvard's position at the pinnacle of Afro-American academia. Wilson will also be a member of the Department of Afro-American studies, along with serving on the Advisory Board of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research. One of the most distinguished and insightful sociologists in the country, Wilson is another outstanding addition to Harvard's intellectual Afro-American Studies all-star team, which already includes prominent scholars such as Cornel West '74, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Orlando...
...wield much influence--Professor Gates said that "the Du Bois Institute [is] in an ideal position to assume a central role in shaping public policy issues of race and class." While Harvard's scholars should continue to be vocal and influential, they should not use their power in academia to silence other voices or completely dominate intellectual discussions. For example, in the past, Booker T. Washington attempted to dictate the terms for black progress, and even Du Bois sought to undermine Marcus Garvey. Harvard's Department of Afro-American Studies should not attempt to institute any form of rigid ideological...