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THIS MERCHANT OF VENICE is prime evidence for the view that Shakespeare should be produced on stage as a necessary adjunct to classroom study. The text appears to be a mare's nest of incompatible themes and emotional effections, careening from Shylock's tragedy to Bassanio's comedy to Antonio's romance. But in a good production--and the Loeb mainstage production is a very good production indeed--these problems are reconciled in performance...
...Associate in Arts," until that term came to imply a two-year program; "Adjunct in Arts" since 1933, when Harvard also approved the awarding of the degree to both men and women, an early milestone in equal educational access and recognition for women: and finally admitting its recipients to unequivocal first rank standing in 1960, with the change to the more generally recognized title of "Bachelor of Arts in Extension Studies," preceded if desired by the two-year "Associate in Arts...
...other Antioch "campuses" across the country and abroad, not only to serve poor and minority students, but also to provide more places in which to experiment with educational reforms. (For example, at Antioch West in San Francisco, students design most of their highly individualized program themselves; they also hire adjunct professors and even decide how much they will be paid...
...came when Radcliffe handed over its income to Harvard, giving up the last vestiges of independence. Harvard rules us now, like it or not. The fight to resurrect Radcliffe goes against the tide of history and against the nature of both institutions. It was set up to be an adjunct to Harvard, and now--without money, faculty or degrees--it is foolish to think it can be built up into an independent force in the University...
...wage-squeezing few other employers of 6000 workers would dare voice. All of Harvard's trappings of prestige and learning make very little difference to its workers, and cannot be a substitute for wages or, just as important, respect. When workers know their employers view them as an adjunct and not what they really are--a part of the University just as essential as professors or students--it makes it very difficult to work here happily...