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Edward L. Keenan '50, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and chairman of the committee, said the Faculty charged the committee two years ago to investigate the possibilities of women's studies, defining the subject and examine ways to introduce women's studies into the curriculum...
...Early on we didn't feel the need for a department or concentration." Keenan said, adding that the committee has considered ways to integrate women's studies into the existing curriculum. He said the committee has distributed a questionnaire to Faculty members on the relevancy of women's studies to their department and has received replies favorable to the study of women's contributions in their courses...
...education. The Fainsod Committee thus called for a student voice in shaping policy related to student housing, extracurricular activities, and broad educational policy, but it specifically rejected a model of total democracy. Instead, the committee argued to exclude students from voting on such matters as tenure appointments and final curriculum decisions, because, it said, a professionally trained and experienced Faculty would make more informed decisions...
...think it's an unfinished revolution because we still need more women faculty," Barbara M. Solomon '40, senior lecturer in History of American Civilization, said1fShe added that the curriculum should be enlarged to include courses that concern women...
...Afro-American Students (Afro) scored the Rosovsky report on several grounds. Primary among these was its demand that students have a real say in the new department's affairs; Afro insisted that the proposed department's executive committee include students with voting rights, who would help decide tenure and curriculum questions. Afro was also incensed at the insistence of the Standing Committee on Afro-American Studies--which had been set up following the Faculty's acceptance of the Rosovsky report: that concentrators in the proposed department combine their major with an "allied field." The joint-concentration proposal struck many blacks...