Word: hires
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...think it's going to be necessary to take onthe issue about what are our standards forhiring," Bell said after the protest. "Do thestandards we've been following provide us with theLaw School we want? I think that if [minority]people with traditional qualifications come alongthey will hire them. Those people come along veryrarely...
...student programs are not enough, says Perez, adding that more needs to be done both to hire minority faculty members and to entice minority students to enter academia. Perez is a member of the Minority Students Alliance, which earlier this year produced a study calling for a reevaluation of Harvard's minority hiring goals. He says that Chicanos and other minorities on campus have no role models in the faculty...
Some athletes also have special skills that make them better equipped to fill Athletic Department jobs. "There are natural ties between sports and the jobs that we have," says Allard. Some student employees are responsible for setting up for athletic contests. "For these jobs we hire a greater portion of athletes," Allard says. "They become naturals for that kind of job. For instance, there is a certain group of football players who know what needs to be done to a baseball field prior to a game...
...teaching fellow shortage has led someprofessors to hire students from Harvard's otherschools and MIT to teach their courses. Inaddition, TFs often end up teaching subjects inwhich they have little expertise...
...Harvard the personnel office is supposed to be a service, but the schools themselves and the person who does the hiring has an awful lot of autonomy," says Jacqueline O'Neill, associate vice president for state and community affairs. "It's difficult to say if there have been deliberate strategies. It's not like the president issues an edict that the next three middle managers you hire must be women...