Word: ethnics
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Second, the administration has never been fond of creating "centers" for specific ethnic or gender groups. And in agreement with the College's identity-groups philosophy, many female students say they would not be comfortable being singled out in this way as a sub-community with special needs...
...social level, various ethnic and racial organizations focused on women receive University support. The Association of Black Radcliffe Women (ABRW), Latinas Unidas, the South Asian Women's Collective, and the Hillel Women's Group provide smaller communities for women to discuss academic experiences...
...another powerful obstacle to any building that would combine space and an administrator just for women is the College's strict policy against creating special domains for a specific student ethnic or gender group...
That assertion, while not unexpected, came in the light of new data released by the College in April that showed a decline in the number of large blocking groups--those with 8 or more members--in which more than 50 percent of the students are in a particular ethnic group. And while the data also showed a surge in the number of large groups with a majority of varsity athletes, administrators reacted positively to the post-randomization demographics...
...despite the downward trend in ethnic group representation in the groups, additional figures released by the College showed a strong upward trend in the size of student blocking groups between 1996 and 1999, strengthening calls to reduce the size of the blocks...