Word: equal
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...staff. This theory is not exactly robust to criticism. It presumes a mindset among professors to ignore undergraduates. The reality is that it is extraordinarily difficult to reconcile student demands with other faculty pressures. Unless one assumes, as The Crimson may have, that all professors in all departments have equal demands on their time in all directions, a simple cross-sectional comparison of departmental advising can be somewhat misleading...
...Refund Day. Here?s the basic idea behind it: When you buy a computer that comes with the Windows operating system pre-installed -- and the majority of computers do -- the EULA explicitly states that if you decide not to use that operating system, you?re entitled to a refund equal to the value of the software you?re not using. (A copy of Windows 98 costs around $90.) The upshot is, if you use a different operating system, such as Linux, OS/2 or BeOS,) you?re owed money. When alert users of the free operating system Linux noticed this clause...
...program] rings some bells and blows some whistles about invention," she said. "We want an equal number of kids to want to be Tom Edisons as Tom Cruises...
...ended the necessity of the institution. I don't deny the assertion that for a long time just getting the women through the gate was the main goal. I have spoken to many alumnae and read a number of documents which agree with this statement. However, like any equal rights movement in history, Radcliffe's movement to educate women has had to raise its expectations as times changed and as its movement gained more success...
...admitting women to Harvard meant that after graduating, male and female alums would receive equal opportunities and equal experiences, then yes, undergraduates don't need Radcliffe. However, this is not the case. Yes, men and women at Harvard graduate with the same level of educational excellence, but while many men have the luxury of making separate career and family decisions, for many women these issues are inextricably connected. It is not enough to judge the level of equality in 1999 by 1882 or 1977 standards; these standards must be raised to include equality of opportunity and experiences...