Word: gender
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...think that anyone could have predicted at the beginning of the 20th century where our sciences and humanities have gone (e.g. string theory, genetic engineering, gender studies, African-American studies). I will not predict this for the 21st. The new century will be our students' adventure, as the expiring century has been ours." Dean of Undergraduate Education
...class of '99 receives the first totally randomized House assignments. The process results in severe gender imbalances; the most extreme is the rising sophomore class in Pforzheimer House, 70 percent of whom are male. Administrators say they will reinstate controls for gender in following years...
Radcliffe will instead focus on its mission of "studying women, gender and society" and expand its already-famous post-graduate research centers. As part of the restructuring, President Linda S. Wilson, who headed the college during the negotiations that shaped its future, will resign her post as Radcliffe's seventh and final president. On Tuesday night, the Radcliffe Board of Trustees conferred upon her the title of president emerita and named the directorship of the Radcliffe Public Policy Institute in her honor...
...claim that the redefinition of Radcliffe means that Radcliffe's service to undergraduates is over is false. Radcliffe, like the other affiliated institutes on campus--but especially because of its legacy as a college--must continue to support its undergraduate programs without discriminating on the basis of gender. The Institute should make special efforts to include undergraduates interested in the field of women's studies and advancement...
...changes College's gender ratio from...