Word: genderism
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There were major problems with the structure of Fonda’s gift. She had originally contributed the money to create a center to build upon the work of former Graham professor of gender studies Carol Gilligan. But when GSE administrators could not find another gender studies expert willing to fill the center’s endowed chair after Gilligan’s departure, Fonda pulled the plug on the funding...
Lagemann’s sluggishness in strengthening Fonda’s center should not be interpreted as a rejection of gender studies as a whole. Large gifts can benefit both humanities and sciences, but the structure and planning must be well coordinated for these gifts to create a successful academic legacy...
...Gender studies is an important field of research that could have benefited from such a large gift but for the lack of coordination. Let’s hope that mathematical biology will have a more prosperous future at Harvard...
...guidance, revitalized and transformed into the Race, Culture and Diversity (RCD) Initiative. This joint effort of students, student organizations, Race Relations Tutors and Proctors, the Harvard Foundation and the College administration, aims to proactively promote dialogue about issues of race, as it pertains to issues of culture, nationality, class, gender, religion, sexuality and diversity in general through events coordinated by the RCD committees in the Houses and Yard...
Gilligan has repeatedly said that she never felt free to leave Harvard until the Fonda donation created a mandate for future work in gender studies...