Word: higher
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...meeting between Linda S. Wilson, President of Radcliffe "College," the President of the University of North Carolina, the Chancellor of North Carolina State and the Dean of Duke University Law School. Topics of discussion included affirmative action, the impact of information technology, the role of the federal government in higher education and ethical considerations in research and in the academy. It's not clear exactly what expertise President Wilson might have brought to the table, especially on the last item...
...Angie" enjoys the status and the higher wages merited by her "tenure" as a cashier at the Greenhouse. And, after swiping millions of Chick-Fil-As through for ten years, Angie is indignant that soon a mere toddler of the cash-operating hierarchy could bring home equal wages...
...wrong. I applaud both the method and spirit of protest promulgated by the Living Wage Campaign. But the fight against the administration for higher wages for both sub-contracted and regular Harvard employees is really a matter of principle. For once, we have shed our solipsistic crimson-colored sunglasses and moved beyond an issue of personal concern. Rather than frozen yogurt in houses and booze at house formals, we have awakened to the fact that what Harvard really lacks are the virtuous ideals conveyed by its emblem, Veritas. The notions of fairness and equality (among workers wages) as well...
...very least, it will make Harvard mid-level administrators think twice about passing the buck...the next time it happens, some dean will make an effort to follow through, if only to save themselves from being harassed by someone higher up on the chain...
...needed someone with experience and sensitivity in multiple areas: higher education administration, organizational analysis, and field research," Hoyte told the Gazette...