Word: institutionalize
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard is an elitist institution. One of the manifestations of its elitism has always been racism. This racism is evident in the way Harvard has dealt with minority recruitment and admissions, as well as all other matters concerning Third World people. It is reflected in the negligible size of the...
His establishment of uniform standards for tenure selection and institution of scholarships for out-of-state high school graduates were also copied at other universities. The national scholarship program was of particular importance. It turned Harvard from a regional college for sons of the rich into an internationally-respected institution...
At stake here is not merely better student representation on antiquated and stagnated committees perspiring the status quo. The real issue is this: Do the students have the intelligence and the determination to make Harvard a greater institution, a better college and a more responsible actor in society? I really...
For these purposes, the rhesus is considered preferable to other monkeys, both because its body mechanisms closely resemble those of humans and because it has been studied so extensively that new results can be measured very precisely. In the short term, therefore, many U.S. scientists are nervous about the prospective...
Michel Foucault is one of those rare intellectual cult figures whose impact is easier to acknowledge than to assess. Like Ludwig Wittgenstein, he is highly regarded in the narrowest of academic circles. This, the sixth translated volume of Foucault's work, reaffirms his meditative brilliance-and Delphic obscurity. As...