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...plan of study that requires not only introductory but also advanced courses in American women's history. As anyone who has attempted to find a thesis adviser in this field knows, there are few graduate students who are qualified to help them, for they too, are hampered by the dearth of courses. Consequently, our program has had to recruit tutors from outside Harvard to fulfill this need...
...excuse frequently articulated by those whose commitment to effective affirmative action programs extends no further than their principled rhetoric is that the "pool" of potential candidates is too small and therefore the dearth of Black faculty and administrators merely reflects this unfortunate "fact." Even if there is in fact such a shortage, there are important ways that Harvard could help to expand the pool of qualified Blacks...
Several AAA students have voiced their desire for an Ethnic American Studies department at Harvard. But such a department is only a long-range goal, in part because of a dearth of Harvard faculty knowledgeable about Asian-Americans. Shih said...
...numbers work against women scholars in more ways than one. Many women specialize in non-traditional fields or take feminist approaches to their research. The fact that men often judge their work leads to subtle or blatant biases blocking the route to tenure; this is exacerbated by the dearth of available female senior faculty able to review their record. Says Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literature Alice A. Jardine, "Junior women faculty are not only discriminated against because they're women, but also because senior male faculty don't agree with their work...
However, many of those who find the department, despite the dearth of billboards, say they feel they are "getting the things that Harvard is made of," as Allison B. Charney '89 puts...