Word: gender
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Already, two female scholars who failed to win tenure have brought the University to court on charges of gender discrimination. Clare Dalton, an associate professor of law whose tenure case was rejected by Bok this winter, has appealed to the federal judiciary, as has Jackson at the Business School. While their cases are difficult to judge, the discrimination claims themselves underline the fact that Harvard is not welcoming women into its ranks with open arms...
Paul said the committee spent a lot of time deciding what campus issues to address. They considered gender awareness, racism and academic freedom as other possible topics, but "to us these seemed to be the issues that were most in the consciousness of the alumni," said Paul, who arranged the symposium...
...think that if you have a cadre of senior people who are looking for quality first, and gender second, they're likely to find more women [than before]," Graham says. "That's certainly our experience [at the Ed School]. I think you've got to make sure that the women are coming...
...Because of [my] race and gender, I end up taking on more than perhaps I ought to," says Carolivia Herron, assistant professor of Afro-American studies and comparative literature. Although Herron also serves as Afro-Am head tutor, she has not received the customary reduction in teaching load given to head tutors because of the diminished number of courses in her department. She says the administration is working out a plan to ease her teaching responsibilities in the future...
...jury awarded Charlotte Walters $75,000 for emotional distress suffered because the University failed to adequately discipline male workers who harassed her at the workplace. The six-member panel concluded that Harvard's inaction was based on gender discrimination...