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...studies with gender and sexuality studies will dilute the two fields, and that it would be a better idea to have two separate committees. While this is a valid concern, the deliberations of the CDWS’s full faculty revealed that this would serve only to hinder the interdisciplinary nature of the field and construct artificial boundaries. After all, when the list of instructors for any new department would be nearly identical to that of the current CDWS, it is clear that the administrative cost would needlessly increase without any appreciable academic gain...
SEVIS is a tool to protect against terrorists who might attempt to misuse student visas. But while security must surely be ensured, SEVIS should neither discourage international students from study in the U.S. nor hinder their freedoms. At a time when foreign students are more valuable than ever in enriching our own understanding of world cultures, international students who wish to study in the U.S. must feel—and be—welcomed. American colleges benefit from the presence of these students who add diverse perspectives from around the world to college communities...
What else do you want the man to do? Sit on his butt at home? In addition to robbing his team of his considerable talents, not playing would probably hinder Bryant’s case. Rumors and speculation would abound about Bryant in hiding, shameful of his crime and shamed by the public...
Wood says he hasn’t encountered any hostility from academia over lecturing without a Ph.D., which he feels is “rather remarkable.” He acknowledges that his lack of specialization might hinder his approach in someways, but also thinks it could help. He’s not interested in the “roads, byways and lost lanes” of academic research, though he suspects most academics aren’t either. Some authors he will be lecturing about in his next class—among them Bellow, Martin Amis, and Ian McEwan?...
Asked if the defeat of the points system would hinder the university’s commitment to affirmative action, Lyons said, “No, not at all. It simply means that we have to apply the Law School-type policies to undergraduates. If they have to hire a handful more admissions officers, that’s a small price to pay. They know what they have...