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...then is there any question about recognition of our program by the American Planning Association? It should be noted that the APA review procedure is extremely weak: it involves, no site visit, no detailed examination of curriculum, no discussions with students or employers of graduates. This review appears to have raised two issues: whether our curriculum covers certain topics. On both issues our program definitely satisfies APA criteria. Identifying "planners" by the APA's own definition of professional qualifications, the department unquestionably satisfies the APA criterion in exactly the way many other universities do. Second, although our curriculum contains many...
...heartening to see that the APA's long overdue reclassification of homosexuality rated a front-page article in The Crimson [Monday, Dec. 17]. However, the account was unfortunately confused and somewhat confusing...
...behavior at all. But even if, as Schwartz suggests, there should be a causal link between hormone composition and homosexuality, one might more fairly describe it as a different distribution of, or a variation in hormones rather than as a "hormonal imbalance." If the traditionally conservative members of the APA are "not saying that homosexuality is either 'normal' or 'abnormal'" any more, couldn't The Crimson do better? Chairman, Harvard-Radcliffe Gay Students Association
Gary Schwartz, assistant professor of personality psychology, yesterday called the APA decision "amazing." He speculated however that the APA's motivations were political, not psychobiological...
Schwartz cited recent studies which show that hormonal imbalance may cause psychobiological changes, including predisposed homosexual behavior. "Of all the things the APA could have declassified, I'm surprised they picked homosexuality," he said...