Word: genderism
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Another obvious solution is to reduce the volume of reading. It is unreasonable to expect undergraduates to give appropriate care to coursepacks such as that for Government 90qa and Women Gender and Sexuality 1003, which span multiple volumes and thousands of pages. And practical experience also suggests that students simply will not read it all. Thus, making them pay for it is silly...
Most disturbingly, the problem of overpriced coursepacks is widespread. Harvard’s Digital Printing Services lists nine classes with offerings of more than $100 each, while at least a half dozen other packs from the Coop exceed this threshold as well; the readings price tag for Women Gender and Sexuality 1003, Theories of Sexuality, for example, is more than $300. Professors need to do a better job of factoring in coursepack costs when they select readings for their courses. Otherwise, students are faced with the unattractive dilemma of skipping expensive but worthwhile classes, or illegally reproducing coursepacks in defiance...
...While gender issues might have been what drew professors to the meeting initially, History Department Chair Andrew D. Gordon, who did not attend Tuesday’s meeting, said the most recent Summers controversy simply took...
Summers’ remarks last month thrust gender concerns into the national spotlight and have earned Summers the ire of many Faculty members, who see his remarks as a setback in their struggle for equality...
Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature Ruth R. Wisse said her fellow female professors were doing themselves a disservice by allowing gender politics to silence the open debate Summers had intended to foster...