Word: hires
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...honest, I and many of my fellow students were somewhat discouraged by the fact that the faculty were able to conceive of and start construction on a new building, to renovate existing labs, and to hire new faculty during the same time they were unable to act on this proposal to improve graduate student life, a proposal which incorporates aspects of standard operating procedure from other top chemistry departments around the country...
...reported that she suffered from no identifiable disability. Her scores on a reading test were not high, but the expert felt they were well above the range of disability. (In fact, Bartlett reads better than 30 percent of the population.) Not surprisingly, for the trial Bartlett was able to hire her own expert to contradict the bar expert's diagnosis; this was enough for the court to rule in her favor...
...hire a doctor who will say that you are "disabled," that may now be a sufficient basis on which to receive special treatment. Licensing boards like the bar and state medical associations are understandably concerned by the court's ruling. They fear that their ability to uphold professional standards through fair testing may be compromised. After all, learning disabilities are more difficult to pin down than physical disabilities. It is not always easy to determine whether an applicant learns differently yet is perfectly competent, or whether he or she simply...
Harvard is a symbol. President Neil Rudenstine recognizes this and has been a formidable advocate of affirmative action. The result is the highest percentage of black students at any Ivy school. But what sort of a message does it send when that "symbol" doesn't see fit to hire minorities as coaches...
...Murphy isn't the only good coach here. The point I'm making is that Harvard needs to hire more minority coaches, but that's only the start...