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...Phyllis Keller, equal employment officer for the Faculty, points out that when the plan was introduced to Harvard, department chairmen "had a lot of anxiety over whether you had to hire women and minorities." Keller says that in contrast with other universities Harvard has not taken the line that departments have to hold specific appointments to minorities and women. "I think we have been wise in not doing so," she says...
...Suzanne Keller, professor of sociology at Princeton, conservation can only succeed if Americans realize that the energy crisis is not "put on, contrived or false." They have drawn no such conclusion yet, she said, even though the oil embargo touched off a series of far-reaching social effects. Americans, suddenly deprived of gasoline, were also short of the "security blanket" provided by the auto and all the "freedom, status and glamour" that it represents. During the embargo, Keller said, police records show that there were more "violent family encounters as people spent more time involuntarily at home...
Significantly, the embargo also "caused considerable frustration and dismay, almost akin to a feeling of betrayal." Without abundant energy, the American way of life seemed lost. The answer, Keller continued, is "to develop a new philosophy of life-nothing short of that-as we are forced to shift our priorities from accumulation to preservation." Facing up to energy shortages, she hoped, "may encourage a sense of togetherness and community that everyone seems to be seeking...
...impact that the hiring guidelines have had by the number of junior appointments which are going to women," Keller said. "Harvard's affirmative action plan is a very effective means of stopping discrimination on the basis of sex and is therefore not inadequate," she said...
...Keller said that she sees no need for the faculty to review the plan and that she was in agreement with the resolution passed by the Committee on Houses and Undergraduate Life last week...