Word: genderism
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...discrimination policy holds a central place at Harvard University. Discrimination on the basis of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation is arbitrary and unfair, and Harvard can not survive as a diverse, open community if it sanctions discriminatory organizations...
...diversity" that Neil L. Rudenstine defends in his beautifully constructed and eloquent President's Report is an elusive concept. It simultaneously balances race, ethnicity, gender, socio-economics, geography, religion, sexual orientation, politics, disabilities, academic interests and family situation in an endless supermarket list of characteristics which defines...
...richness of our backgrounds. In his report, Rudenstine mentions these factors only in passing. He writes, "The most constructed and well-conceived admissions programs are those that view affirmative action in relation to the educational benefits of diversity. They may take various characteristics such as race, ethnicity, or gender into account as potential 'plus' factors (among many others) when evaluating candidates, but they do not assign such characteristics an overriding value." If the best possible educationally diverse environment is sought, then we are robbing ourselves by implementing relaxed standards for race-based affirmative action...
...decision by Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 to recommend to house masters that they reinstate the use of gender controls in the housing lottery comes only 10 days after first-years received their housing assignments...
Lewis announced the change in a Committee on House Life (COHL) meeting yesterday, pointing to the uneven gender distribution in many of the houses that has resulted from this year's lottery...