Word: concerning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some Radcliffe advisers, however, have expressed concern over Wilson's lack of feminist scholarship and identification with women's causes. As one insider said, "What people are upset about is the lack of her track record on something related to feminism or women... or even the most traditional feminist organization." Wilson's lack of a track record on feminism and unwillingness to call herself a feminist is disturbing, but does not have to limit her potential as an advocate for women...
...Radcliffe wants women to make full use of their potential, then Wilson must use her influence with Harvard to speak out about women faculty and issues which concern undergraduate women. Radcliffe's current policy of "benign neglect" will only continue to alienate women students, and will ultimately undermine its own future...
Parietal infractions of the previous spring had convinced college deans that it might be necessary to restrict parietal privileges for students at both Harvard and at Radcliffe. But as concern over proposed reduction in parietal privileges claimed the attention of both students and officials, the ensuing conflict escalated into a sex scandal that reached the front pages of salubrious national tabloids like Boston's own Record American...
Bunting indicated that the new policy to tighten restrictions might be linked with current events. As an article stated, "she stressed, however, that much of the Harvard Dean's concern could have been touched off by the country-wide publicity that the problems of premairital sex have received in the past three years...
...despite concern that the new president press for increased women faculty hiring and other Harvard-related women's issues, many students and administrators expressed doubts about the Radcliffe president's authority within the University to effect any concrete changes...