Word: harvard
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Despite recalling its birth as the beginning of higher education in America, the University sadly missed this opportunity to re-examine either itself or education in general. Both are replete with problems, a serious review might have been a perfect birthday gift--from Harvard to its students, faculty, alumni and staff, and to the educators worldwide who view this university as a model for excellence. Enjoy your party, Harvard. But forgive us, if you will, for thinking beyond the celebration. Classes, thankfully, begin in a few weeks...
Lest we feel we have moved forward, here are excerpts from a series of editorials on the most important issues facing Harvard...
...Harvard's faculty consists, for the most part, of white, male, middle-aged scholars with impeccable credentials and outstanding reputations. The tenure system insures it. And that, in itself, is a problem....the system discriminates against young academics; it favors the "big name" over youthful vigor and potential...In essence, junior faculty at Harvard are traveling the academic equivalent of a dead-end street, and that creates a morale problem...First, Harvard should start hiring minorities and women--not just make noises about how it's trying very hard...Second, departments should begin appointing young, promising scholars. Finally--and most...
...night two and a half years ago, 3500 Harvard students lit candles and marched through the streets of Cambridge, protesting the shameful decision of the men who run this University not to sell their stock in companies operating in South Africa....Since that time, little has happened at Harvard. But in South Africa, conditions have changed--from horrible to even worse....The original demands of the 1978 protesters are the demands that count. Boycotting the ACSR should be the only step in a return to the confrontational public protest of years past...In the embarrassing glare, this university and others...
Following on the heels of the Harvard men's hockey team's critical Saturday meeting with Dartmouth, a squad of Soviet professionals will challenge the Crimson to a long-awaited contest at Bright Arena on Sunday...