Word: betterment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...question we are considering is: Is it not better to spend more time learning less, but at greater depth?" asks Ehrenreich...
...present system we have is working pretty well," concludes Ehrenreich. "But you can always ask if we can do better...
...within the administration, Bok's colleagues are more willing to rely on his judgment because he seems better prepared than other administrators...
Wilson: Quite a long time ago actually. In part because I had the opportunity to work with two very distinguished gentlemen. They invited me to join them. I decided that the opportunity for professional growth was better there than I thought it would be doing what I was doing so I took a deep breath and left. And I'm very glad I did. I missed teaching, but I used to construct opportunities for teaching along...
...that said, 'your credentials are wonderful, you should be an associate professor instead of an assistant professor, but we don't want to hire you [because you are a woman].' That would never happen today. Someone might think it, but one would never write it down. Things are much better. When I first went to Washington University I was not allowed to meet with the other administrators--they had never had a woman in the administrators' loop. When I first began to meet with them there was this short period of discomfort and then we got our attention focused...