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...target for withering combinations. Chased to the ropes, Hearns finally went down and out onto the apron of the ring, climbing back in to stand for the next assault. Once more-he was knocked into the ropes, but the round ended as Referee Davey Pearl reached the eight count...
Unfortunately for Harvard, attention in the past to its hiring policies revealed all-too-spotty compliance with affirmative action codes, compliance that tended to conform to the letter--but rarely the spirit--of affirmative action legislation. The days when you could count the number of tenured women Faculty on the fingers of one hand and still have an astonishing number of fingers left over may be gone, but it remains mildly incredible that Harvard College boasts a mere 16 tenured women out of 356 on its tenured Faculty. Upper-level administrators, too, tend to be white males: the University should...
Unfortunately for Harvard, attention in the past to its hiring policies revealed all-too-spotty compliance with affirmative action codes, compliance that tended to conform to the letter-but rarely the spirit-of affirmative action legislation. The days when you could count the number of tenured women Faculty on the fingers of one hand and still have an astonishing number of fingers left over may be gone, but it remains mildly incredible that Harvard College boasts a mere 16 tenured women out of 356 on its tenured Faculty. Upper-level administrators, too, tend to be white males: the University should...
...drastically in the foreseeable future. Billions of dollars, flowing from numerous agencies, support everything from student tuition to high-level scientific research. After 30 years of growing dependence on Washington, major universities simply could not survive in their current form without federal aid. In defending their turf, educators can count on continuing political clout on Capitol Hill, as was demonstrated on several occasions in June and July. What the professors and scientists fear, however, is that certain crucial fields which need increased support will be crippled in an atmosphere hostile to generous government spending...
...employees are joining unions rapidly while the membership of most industrial unions is declining. The percentage of all workers who are members of unions dropped from 24.7% in 1970 to 20.9% last year, even though the number of public-employee unionists rose almost 50% between 1970 and the last count in 1978. So far the union leaders' angry protests have budged the Administration...