Word: academicized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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The 1991 report on women in the sciences concluded that many young scientists found family and academic careers mutually exclusive goals, especially in an intense environment like Harvard.
"We were operating with a department store model," he said. "A lot of things had changed. People wanted more of an academic bookstore."
Harvard Law School (HLS) first-year students are some of the most famous academic cutthroats--immortalized in books like One-L and The Paper Chase as overstressed backstabbers.
Professor of Comparative Religion Diana L. Eck, vice president of the chapter and master of Lowell House, said the society looks for students who demonstrate academic breadth.
Not all responses, however, made me want to add a psychological evaluation to the admissions process. One very reasonable student explained that our academic schedule exists in order to make room for reading period. Unfortunately, when asked to explain the existence of those two lecture-less weeks before finals he...