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Last March, a statistical report issued by MIT admitted subtle gender bias had created unequal treatment for the school's tenured women faculty in the sciences...
...April 17th to 26th the first "Prisons in America" conference will be held on campus, dealing exclusively with prison-related issues. We have scheduled speakers representing a range of perspectives and backgrounds to appeal to a wide audience. Whether you are opposed to wasting money; rampant, systematic abuse; racial bias or just bad, bloated government, prison reform is an issue we all need to face and act upon. We must elevate the level of discussion on these issues, so that we can be tough on crime, not people...
...that Radcliffe's undergraduate functions have been merged with those of Harvard, a vigorous effort seems to be underway to eliminate gender bias from formerly Radcliffe-related opportunities. The recent flap over the Fay Prize is only one example; some prizes offered through the Office for the Arts are now no longer limited to women. I am troubled that the Dean's Office is not taking this opportunity to eliminate gender bias from all Harvard-related programs. For instance, the Shaw Fellowship for graduating seniors and the Paul Revere Frothingham Scholarship are available only to men. Why the effort...
Underneath the arrogance and naivete in the e-conomy, there's long been a bias against seasoned managers from traditional industries, a belief that experienced folks would clash with the culture and drag the operation down. "Dotcom people describe old-media people as if they were from another century," observes Paul Bernard, head of a New York City-based training and coaching firm, Paul Bernard & Associates...
...good news, experts say, is that the bias is beginning to fade. An increasing number of start-ups that may have previously shunned the "gray hairs" (anybody over 35 in Silicon Valley parlance) have learned that bringing in a high-level executive with a 15- or 20-year track record can be essential to getting the job done...