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Rosovsky's letter provides, among other things, a working definition of harassment, "the in appropriate attention by an instructor or the officer who is in a position to determine a student's grade or otherwise affect the student's academic performance. "It sets up some useful ground rules--for instance, any "amorous relationship" under such circumstances is the fault of the professor, a distinction that remained uncertain last spring when the dean ruled on the much-publicized case involving a female freshman and a visiting professor...
...beefy and colorful Presser, 56, an Ohio Teamsters official, was elected to succeed Williams as head of the 1.7 million-member union last Thursday at an executive-board meeting in Arizona. An eighth-grade dropout, Presser began his career as a jukebox delivery boy. His late father, William ("Big Bill") Presser, a nationally known union leader who served two brief prison terms, helped young Jackie create Ohio Teamsters Local 507 in 1966. It now has over 5,000 members...
...attorney, has been accepted by Yale, Brown and Amherst, but is leaning toward the University of Michigan. Says Edelman: "Michigan has called, written and offered me two scholarships. They are making it look very attractive." Panda Chen, daughter of an engineer in Piedmont, Calif, has a 3.95 grade-point average and has received scholarships from five schools. She will accept $7,000 in tuition from Mills College in nearby Oakland...
...four months, arriving unannounced in 40 of the 153 local school districts. Says Anklam: "We tried to catch people unawares." In 51 news stories and 27 editorials, timed to influence a December special session of the legislature, the Clarion-Ledger contended: "Mississippi public schools aren't making the grade." Among the ills cited: per-pupil funding of only $1,965 for 1981-82, vs. a national average of $2,671, and a dropout rate that is double the national average. The school system reflected a culture of poverty: Mississippi has consistently ranked lowest of all states in per capita...
...Latin, math, biology and chemistry. White enrollment has grown from 44% during the first year of busing to 50% this year. A total of 29 white students have left private schools to ride a bus 45 minutes each morning to Johnston. In 1980, 90% of the students were below grade level in math; by 1982, the figure had improved to 54%. Although no racial incidents have occurred, full integration in campus activities does not yet exist. But Salgado is confident that this problem will also eventually be solved. "You aren't going to see it right away," says...