Word: fellowships
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...comes Michael Lee Cohen, age 27, a Harvard Law School graduate armed with a Sheldon traveling fellowship to interview Americans in their 20s. Cohen's contribution, The Twentysomething American Dream, appears to be a sincere, well-intentioned effort to help define the generation, or to allow the generation to define itself. Ultimately, though, the book falters because of problems in executing the individual portraits at the heart of the book, not to mention the sheer difficulty of the task...
Andres Paniagua, a Hispanic man who was denied a fellowship to the Philosophy Department which was administered by the affirmative action office, alleges in his 1992 complaint "racial patronage and favoritism in the recruitment, selection process and placement of fellows." The investigation is currently in the hands of an enforcement unit of theEEOC, according to Paniagua...
Andres Paniagua, a Hispanic man who was denied a fellowship to the Philosophy Department which was administered by the affirmative action office, alleges in his 1992 complaint "racial patronage and favoritism in the recruitment, selection process and placement of fellows." The investigation is currently in the hands of an enforcement unit of theEEOC, according to Paniagua...
...charge I recognize that the purpose of the program to attract qualified minority talent to Harvard University by providing a year of training through this fellowship is a laudable endeavor, deserving of the community's support. However, the fact that almost all the fellows admitted to the program during the last five years are Afro-American individuals, strongly suggests the program has systematically excluded qualified candidates from other minority groups...
...less diversified programs in Harvard. In addition, the primary responsibility for the program's equity lies with Harvard's Office of the Assistant to the President for Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity. Any violation of federal equal employment opportunity guidelines, ethical canons and the spirit of the fellowship program are also the responsibility of the office in charge...