Word: hire
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Rudenstine described Du Bois as a pioneeringfigure in African-American historiography. He saidthat though it is too late to reverse either theUnited States' intolerance toward Du Bois or theUniversity's failure to hire the noted sociologistand historian, Harvard "welcome[s] him, alas toolate, back home...
Sommers and Marius say it has become theirexplicit goal in the last few years to hire asmany teachers with Ph.Ds as possible. In the past,Marius sought to hire practicing writers. Theshift, he says, is part of an effort to"professionalize" the department and make Exposmore academically credible...
Whatever its impact on the quality of teaching,the shift toward Ph.Ds has had the unintendedconsequence of making it nearly impossible forExpos to hire instructors of color: The pool ofminorities with Ph.Ds is small, and qualifiedminority candidates can find tenure-track jobselsewhere...
...criteria for general hiring has gotten sorigid," says a current teacher. "They used to hirewriters. There are plenty of working Blackwriters. Now they hire newly minted Ph.Ds...
...want to encourage debate, encouragechange, you want people to feel like the onlyconsequence is more debate," says AskoldMelnyczuk, a teacher at Expos from 1990 to 1992."Hire the best people. Make them feel wanted. Thenstudents will feel wanted...