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...minority women educators and students, the discussion--first in a series sponsored by the Harvard Foundation--focused on the specific problems minority women in academia face as a result of their cultural and sexual backgrounds...
...case, the Fogg is well worth several lengthy if leisured visits. It is open on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and on Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. When academia has lost its charms and the conversation of your peers palls, retire and amuse yourself in the the Fogg's quiet and tranquil halls. Then you can return to your house secure in the knowledge that you have done your bit for culture at Harvard...
...cover in the course of a year. Now we can go for weeks on end without having an individual, rather than a trend or event, as a subject. Profile will give us an opportunity to return to the kind of close and detailed examination of important people in politics, academia, the arts and other fields for which TIME is famous...
...successful, University officials hope the informal meeting will produce a national forum at Harvard in the spring on the issue of minorities in academia. Observers said an unprecedented gathering of this kind could prompt other schools to follow Harvard's lead in solving the problem...
However, few answers exist to address what hasbecome a "crisis of substantial dimensions,"Harvard officials said. They said that thediscussions and the tentative conference aredesigned to find cures for the lack of minoritiesin academia...