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...would like to see a more generous leave policy introduced for the junior faculty in general; barring that, however, I think we should thank those Radcliffe alumnae who have sought to do something practical for at least a few junior faculty women. --Susan Pedersen Associate Professor of History
...voice, well-produced, even and lively from top to bottom -- what Solti called "one of the great talents of the last 10 years." The man was a mountain, 6 ft. 3 in., broad-shouldered, barrel-chested, with a clear, open brow and merry eyes. He had easy poise and generous presence onstage. His calendar filled up fast (he now has no openings until...
...been increasing over the past two decades. These numbers fuel a growing us-vs.-them psychology in the electorate and a decidedly jaundiced view of the political establishment: "they" are the people who vote themselves pay raises, take - junkets, do favors for the financial establishment and provide themselves with generous health-care packages...
...Asian-born scientists, a sense of duty, the tug of shared culture, the need to care for aging parents and a thousand other imponderables influence the decision to return. The recent wave of corporate downsizing and research cutbacks in the U.S. has also tipped the scales. A generous retirement package helped persuade Lee to leave his comfortable sinecure in Berkeley and take on the challenge of leading Academia Sinica. "Taiwan needs me," says Lee, "while to the University of California, it doesn't make that much difference whether I'm there...
...report implied that Harvard was more generous than other institutions across the board" in regard to benefits, Waters said. "It assumes that junior faculty will reap the benefits of faculty members over 40 when they get to be over 40. But most junior faculty, as we know, do not spend their senior years at Harvard...