Word: cani
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Riesman's name became linked with the dispute when he was identified in a Boston Globe August 23 article as one of five noted scholars who are members of CANI...
...controversy arose this summer when a white Amherst alumnus endowed a chair in the natural sciences with the stipulation that its first occupant be Black. The stipulation was condemned by several groups, including the Committee on Academic Non-Discrimination and Integrity (CANI...
...Monday, a letter from Riesman appeared in the Globe stating CANI had used his name without his consent, thereby exploiting it, and that he favored affirmative action policies for academic hiring that are applied "thoughtfully and with specific aim" on a case-by-case basis...
Meanwhile, the chairman of CANI, contacted in New York, could not explain how Riesman's name came to be used. "I am apologizing to Mr. Riesman, but not for the committee's stand," said the group's head. Miro Todorovich, a physics professor at Bronx Community College, who added that he planned to write a clarifying letter to the Globe...