Word: demandingness
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Interestingly, most people to whom I've mentioned my concerns have assumed that because I'm demanding these statistics, I'm a critic of affirmative action. They implicitly assume that the numbers, if made available, would indicate that racial minorities' performances are below average. This may not be the case...
Does the University have a commitment to help people of color, or is the admissions office only interested in appeasing the powerful interests demanding equal representation? Does the University care whether the students it admits do well here?
"To limit First Amendment rights in any way--whether by censoring...speaker[s], demanding a public apology, or acting in a way that intimidates them so that they refrain from speaking freely--sets a dangerous precedent in an academic community... No student, faculty member or administrator should feel repressed on...
When cane-wielding police in the central Indian city of Nagpur charged a crowd of protesters, 113 people were trampled to death in the ensuing stampede; an additional 500 people were injured. The protesters were poor members of the Gowari tribe who were demanding official recognition as an underprivileged group...
BOSTON--Demanding that the state legislature pass three petitions to preserve forms of rent control, more than 150 Massachusetts residents gathered at the State House yesterday to lobby legislators and the governor.