Word: gsd
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...filed the first HEW complaint against my graduate school (the G.S.D.) "for discrimination against women and minorities." Largely through my efforts the university was compelled to release the first Affirmative Action plan (which was promptly found to be "unacceptable" by HEW). Due to my complaint and continuing efforts the GSD was investigated in detail and found wanting: considering that the GSD in 30 years had never hired one single of its own women graduates it was not hard to see the facts. Based on the GSD case the investigation of the rest of the university followed...
...Graduate School of Design, like good old A.C. Goodwin, is interested in the way cities look. This week the GSD is featuring an exhibit on housing for the elderly. The display presents models and drawings produced by the Winthrop Housing Authority's competition of works that best solve the problem of architecturally caring for the aged. The 21 prize winners all created designs that took specific behavior patterns into account and tried to deal with the patterns sympathetically. An interesting exercise that's worth stopping by Gund Hall to take a look...
...Urban Development Corporation and the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, is composed of models and drawings on the history of high-density housing projects, and it includes descriptions of works by leading international figures such as Le Corbusier. All of this may sound rather dry and pedological, but GSD exhibitions are almost always well produced...
...circumvent any charges of discrimination and racism (so blatantly displayed in the third world panel) there were two black women panelists (out of almost 50 speakers) and one black ex-Undersecretary of HUD. But not a single white woman speaker could be found--although the GSD has educated women for 30 years--mostly white. The GSD has been investigated by the Civil Rights Office of HEW with resulting recommendations to make massive changes in its prevailing discriminatory practices. Recently the National Organization for Women has filed another complaint against the whole University where the endlessly delayed Affirmative Action Program...
...alumna of the GSD of more than 20 years ago I am greatly perturbed about the failing quality of the GSD under its present administration (for the first time by a non-architect) and demonstrated once more in the appallingly poorly organized and vacuous display of ignorance described above...